St Petersburg: a fortress and a Russian retrospective

The final places visited in St Petersburg were the Fortress of St Peter and St Paul, essentially the fortified island on the mouth of the River Neva where Tsar Peter I first settled; and the Russian Museum.

The Fortress is the kremlin of St P, and as such contains a mix of military buildings, official residences and cathedrals, including one that contains the tombs of the Romanovs, including those killed in 1917 and at least one pretender (these put in place quite recently).


















Hot day, waiting for the bus in whatever shade there is ...

The Russian museum -- in another palace -- contains works of Russian artists from early icons on, together with some crafts.








Our search for a new jigsaw was finally over ...





Sent some postcards yesterday, and very relieved to have uploaded a few missives at last.


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