2010 21-Day 瑞典. 挪威. 丹麥. 郵輪 (基爾. 愛沙尼亞塔林. 聖彼得堡)

Day 16 Tallin, Estonia (C0218)

11th August, 2010

Day 16 Tallin, Estonia (C0224)

11th August, 2010

Day 17 Kazan Cathedral, St Petersburg (C0281)

Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. Kazan Cathedral, constructed between 1801 and 1811 by the architect Andrei Voronikhin, was built to an enormous scale and boasts an impressive stone colonnade, encircling a small garden and central fountain. The cathedral was inspired by the Basilica of St. Peter’s in Rome and was intended to be the country’s main Orthodox Church. After the war of 1812 (during which Napoleon was defeated) the church became a monument to Russian victory.

12th August, 2010

Day 17 The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg (C0286)

12th August, 2011

Day 17 The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood, St Petersburg (C0301)

12th August, 2010

Day 17 The Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg (C0336)

12th August, 2010

Day 17 The State Hermitage Museum m St Petersburg, Russia (C0347)

From the 1760s onwards the Winter Palace was the main residence of the Russian Tsars. Magnificently located on the bank of the Neva River, this Baroque-style palace is perhaps St. Petersburg’s most impressive attraction. Many visitors also know it as the main building of the Hermitage Museum. The green-and-white three-storey palace is a marvel of Baroque architecture and boasts 1,786 doors, 1,945 windows and 1,057 elegantly and lavishly decorated halls and rooms, many of which are open to the public.
12th August, 2010