On Monday morning, we visited the Peterhoff Palace, which was the summer residence of Catherine the Great. This is a view of the front of the palace.
Here is the entry staircase, again festooned with gold.
This is the top of the same staircase. Notice all the use of gold and craftsmanship of the carvings and statues.
This is a large meeting room where Catherine the Great would sit on her throne at the end of the room and entertain guests.
One of the many rooms in the mansion that are loaded with gold trim and artifacts.
How would you like to prepare and serve meals to a group this large?
One of the sitting rooms in the palace.
This was Catherine the Great’s backyard!
The yard consists of hundreds of acres of woods, ponds, fountains and gold statues.
Walking around the palace grounds reminded us of Versailles, France, only grander.
This statue represents Hercules fighting a lion.
Another view of the back of the palace.
Again, the use of a lot of gold to adorn their statues.
This is the Russian presidential retreat that was used recently for a multi-country conference.
An archway downtown that represents some famous Russian battles.
This is a performing arts theatre across the street from where we attended a Russian ballet, featuring Swan Lake. The theatre we attended was the Rimsky Korsakov theatre, which is the oldest ballet theatre in the city.
We went to another mansion in the downtown area and this is a sitting room inside.
This is an example of the many handcrafted ceilings in the mansion.
Another sitting room.
Again, the use of gold to adorn the ceilings.
An ornate table in another sitting room.
How many sitting rooms can one mansion have?
Some of the wood furniture was beyond belief.
We heard a mini concert in the ballroom of the mansion.
One of the many decorative hallways in the building.
Here is an 18th century home theatre to die for! It is a miniature replica of a real Russian theatre where heads of state would attend private plays.
This is a recreation of the murder of Rasputin that occurred in the basement of this mansion. The murder preceded the overthrow of the Russian Czar of the time.
In the afternoon, we took a cruise on the canals of St. Petersburg and the Neva River.
This is another palace that had belonged to a Russian Czar.
The Neva River cuts through the middle of the city.
This is an old battleship that was used in war only once. It fired one of its cannons and ended a battle with one shot.
On Monday morning, we visited the Peterhoff Palace, which was the summer residence of Catherine the Great. This is a view of the front of the palace.
Here is the entry staircase, again festooned with gold.
This is the top of the same staircase. Notice all the use of gold and craftsmanship of the carvings and statues.
This is a large meeting room where Catherine the Great would sit on her throne at the end of the room and entertain guests.
One of the many rooms in the mansion that are loaded with gold trim and artifacts.
How would you like to prepare and serve meals to a group this large?
One of the sitting rooms in the palace.
This was Catherine the Great’s backyard!
The yard consists of hundreds of acres of woods, ponds, fountains and gold statues.
Walking around the palace grounds reminded us of Versailles, France, only grander.
This statue represents Hercules fighting a lion.
Another view of the back of the palace.
Again, the use of a lot of gold to adorn their statues.
This is the Russian presidential retreat that was used recently for a multi-country conference.
An archway downtown that represents some famous Russian battles.
This is a performing arts theatre across the street from where we attended a Russian ballet, featuring Swan Lake. The theatre we attended was the Rimsky Korsakov theatre, which is the oldest ballet theatre in the city.
We went to another mansion in the downtown area and this is a sitting room inside.
This is an example of the many handcrafted ceilings in the mansion.
Another sitting room.
Again, the use of gold to adorn the ceilings.
An ornate table in another sitting room.
How many sitting rooms can one mansion have?
Some of the wood furniture was beyond belief.
We heard a mini concert in the ballroom of the mansion.
One of the many decorative hallways in the building.
Here is an 18th century home theatre to die for! It is a miniature replica of a real Russian theatre where heads of state would attend private plays.
This is a recreation of the murder of Rasputin that occurred in the basement of this mansion. The murder preceded the overthrow of the Russian Czar of the time.
In the afternoon, we took a cruise on the canals of St. Petersburg and the Neva River.
This is another palace that had belonged to a Russian Czar.
The Neva River cuts through the middle of the city.
This is an old battleship that was used in war only once. It fired one of its cannons and ended a battle with one shot.
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