Church of the Savior on Spilt Blood
The perfectly symmetrical street
(definitely necessary as part of your palace)
I just returned from St. Petersburg tonight after a few days touring the city and a brief stint in the Hermitage. St. Petersburg is probably the most impressive city I have ever visited based on its beauty, consistency, and amazing show of wealth. The Tzar actually brought several of Europes great architects of the time and whenever someone wanted to build a new building, it was mandatory to use one of these architects. Although controlling, this has created a very consistent and amazing city.
We toured the hermitage today and St. Pete's is worth visiting solely for the purpose of visiting that museum. Its located in the Tzar's Winter Palace and the building itself is simply obsured. Some of the walls in certain rooms are entirely guild'd in goal and each room seemed grander than the last. Apparently if you spent 1 minute at each exhibit at the Hermitage, it would take you 75 years to see everything. We were only able to get a small taste of the museum but it was amazing.
We are going to visit Red Square tomorrow which should be very cool and hopefully I can make another post soon.
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