Palace District

Церковь Спаса на Крови

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1907 #Explore...

And the last church. This is NOT Basil's in Moscow, but the Saviour on the Spilled Blood in St Petersburg (Russia, July 2006)

So, they call it the Church of Saviour on Spilled Blood... the French translations are very various, but at least, it is clear that it refers to the...

This was the very first photo I took on the last trip, still jetlagged, and long after the blue hour, yet the sky still had some definition, so I...

Winter morning in St.Petersburg, Russia. It's freezing cold even in California today.

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1907

St. Petersburg, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. Erected on the spot where tsar Alexander II was mortally wounded by anarchists in 1881, the...

St. Petersburg before dawn in January, view across the frozen Neva river.

It's very VERY hot here at the moment, and there is no relief in sight, I...

Peter and Paul Fortress at white night in St. Petersburg, Russia Петропавловская крепость под покровом белой ночи, Санкт-Петербург, Россия

UNESCO : Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments Date of Inscription: 1990 Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(vi)

RUS - 1811

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Winter morning in St.Petersburg, Russia. It's freezing cold even in California today.

View of the inside and outside of the .....

the rest is from Wikipedia.......

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian: Церковь Спаса на...

The world famous Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Blue hour view of the exterior before sunrise in winter.

The world famous Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Multitude of portraits, just one of the wonders of this gigantic museum. I have no idea...

From another angle the following evening, shame about all the wires, impossible to avoid them.

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian:...

View of the inside and outside of the .....

the rest is from Wikipedia.......

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood (Russian: Церковь Спаса на...