Courtyard, The Winter Palace, St Petersburg
Posted in Architecture, Baltic Cruise, Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 30 April 2020
Winter Palace Gates. Famously “stormed” in the October Revolution of 1917. Except the film Eisenstein made of it rather overplayed things. There was very little resistance:-
Behind the gates lies a courtyard where there is one of the entrances to the Hermitage Museum:-
Queue for entry to Hermitage Museum:-
Trees in courtyard:-
Looking back to gates:-
Tags: Architecture, Hermitage Museum, Museums, St Petersburg, Winter Palace
