TREASURY & DIAMOND ROOMS HERMITAGE MUSEUM - St. Petersburg
The Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg houses some the worlds best treasures - however, the best are in the Treasury section (Gold & Diamond Rooms). This video shws some of those treasures.
UNtruth Museum. The Museum Of Alternative History. St Petersburg, Russia
Untruth Museum is something like the collection of alternative things and facts about them which are goes against the official history but which are, nevertheless, hard to ignore.
More than 100 unique items that situated on three floors of an old underground bank storehouse right in the historical city center of St Petersburg. The former House of The Second Mutual Credit Society.
Visitors of the exposition are able to interact with a large number of submitted art-objects of Paleoufology (the science about contacts with extraterrestrial civilizations in ancient times), Occultism, Secret tests and experiments, Mysticism and mythology, Parapsychology, Technologies, Space exploration, Characters, Strange findings and Riddles of history
Sadovaya St., 34,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Secret Hermitage Helpers
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Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg is home to countless pieces of art from around the world. We go behind the scenes of the former imperial palace on the Neva River to meet volunteers of all kinds...including cats.
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OpenWay User Group in Peterhof (St. Petersburg) 2012
OpenWay presents video from User Group in Peterhof that is also known as Russian Versailles. All the participants are listed in credits. The event took place in May 16-19, 2012 (Peterhof, St. Petersburg)
Hermitage St Petersburg Russia
Situated in the centre of Saint-Petersburg the State Hermitage Museum is housed in five magnificent buildings created by celebrated architects of the 18th to 19th century. The Winter Palace, formerly the residence of Russian Emperors which was constructed between 1754 and 1762 after a design of Bartolomeo Rastrelli, occupies an important place amongst other constructions of the whole Museum ensemble. The architect designed the palace as a part of the city landscape - a huge closed space with an inner court and free facades secluded from all other buildings.
Francesco Bartholomeo Rastrelli said about his creation, the Winter Palace, that it was constructed ...for the glory of Russia solely and was to become the embodiment of greatness and power of Russia that in the mid 18th century became one of the most significant countries. The Winter Palace startles with grandeur scale, luxury and variety of ornamentation, integrity and proportionality. This building presents all characteristic features of Rastrelli's style, the Russian Baroque style: majestic gala forms, abundance of decorative details, irrepressive brilliancy, luxury and buoyancy.
During the reign of Catherine II the grandeur palace ensemble became the official residence and the storehouse of the art treasures, also private appartments of the Russian Empress was erected. After the death of Catherine II the Winter Palace became deserted.
On 7 February 1852 in the building of the New Hermitage the first Russian public museum was open for the visitors. The tradition of collecting works of art became a part of the state policy. 19th century brought changes into the life of the royal residence. Interiors of the palace ensemble were changed according to the new tastes. Official and private life of the members of the royal family was connected with the walls of the palace, as well as the last page of the reign of the Romanov's dynasty.
By the end of the reign of Nicholas I the public Museum of the New Hermitage, that already possessed one of the world best collections of the West-European art, built up new collections - of Antiquities and of Oriental Art, the Gallery of Jewellery and the Gallery of Peter I, and became famous in Europe.
Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century.
Today the Museum is creating its digital self-portrait to be displayed around the world. Computer technologies enable the State Hermitage Museum to provide people from all over the world with wider access to information about the Museum and its treasures.
Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (in German: Lutherische Kirche der Heiligen Peter und Paul) is a Lutheran church located on Nevsky Prospect, the main street of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is one of the oldest and largest Protestant churches in Russia, and the seat of the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
On December 27, 1727, Tsar Peter II gave the land near Nevsky Prospekt to the German Lutheran community. In 1730, the first building of the church was built, which was later rebuilt.
After the revolution, most of the parishioners of the kirkh left St. Petersburg, the remaining parishioners began to be persecuted by the Communists. In 1937 the church was closed, and pastors Paul and Bruno Reicherty were arrested and shot.
In 1938, the building of the church housed a storehouse of theater decorations, then a vegetable warehouse. In 1958 a swimming pool was built in the building. During the construction of the pool, the interior was completely changed, and the remains of wall paintings were destroyed.
In 1994, the building was returned to the faithful. In the following years, the building carried out serious restoration work. Currently, the floor of the church is 4 meters higher than the previous one, directly above the concrete bowl of the pool, which can not be dismantled without strengthening the structure of the building.
Divine services are held regularly on Sundays from 10:30 in German and Russian.
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Palace of Versailles | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Palace of Versailles
00:01:13 1 History
00:01:21 1.1 The hunting lodge and château of Louis XIII
00:03:00 1.2 The palace of Louis XIV
00:06:02 1.3 Enlargement of the Palace (1678-1715)
00:07:46 1.4 The Palace of Louis XV
00:09:44 1.5 Louis XVI, and the Palace during the Revolution
00:12:25 1.6 19th century - history museum and government venue
00:15:46 1.7 20th century
00:19:02 1.8 21st century
00:19:41 2 Ownership and management
00:20:13 3 Architecture and plan
00:23:08 4 Royal Apartments
00:25:12 4.1 The State Apartments of the King
00:25:49 4.1.1 The Salon of Hercules
00:26:21 4.1.2 The Salon of Abundance
00:26:50 4.1.3 The Salon of Venus
00:27:25 4.1.4 The Salon of Mercury
00:28:14 4.1.5 The Salon of Mars
00:28:46 4.1.6 The Salon of Apollo
00:29:22 4.1.7 The Salon of Diana
00:29:52 4.2 Private apartments of the King and Queen
00:30:02 4.2.1 Private apartments of the King
00:31:48 4.2.2 Private apartments of The Queen
00:32:28 5 The Grand Gallery
00:32:51 5.1 The War Salon
00:33:24 5.2 The Hall of Mirrors
00:35:16 5.3 The Peace Salon
00:35:49 6 Royal Chapel
00:37:07 7 Royal Opera
00:38:42 8 Museum of the History of France
00:40:52 9 Gardens and fountains
00:41:24 9.1 The Parterre d'Eau and the Parterre and Fountain of Latona
00:42:19 9.2 Fountain of the Chariot of Apollo and the Grand Canal
00:43:06 9.3 North Parterre, Dragon Basin, and Basin of Neptune
00:44:06 9.4 South Parterre and the Orangerie
00:44:38 9.5 The Fountains and the Shortage of Water
00:45:42 10 The iBosquets/i or Groves
00:47:04 11 The Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon
00:49:05 12 The Hamlet of Marie Antoinette
00:49:59 13 Modern Political and ceremonial functions
00:51:34 14 Cost
00:57:59 15 In popular culture
00:59:35 16 Gallery
00:59:44 17 See also
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The Palace of Versailles (French: Château de Versailles; English: vair-SY, vur-; French: [vɛʁsaj]) was the principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of the centre of Paris.The palace is now a Monument historique and UNESCO World Heritage site, notable especially for the ceremonial Hall of Mirrors, the jewel-like Royal Opera, and the royal apartments; for the more intimate royal residences, the Grand Trianon and Petit Trianon located within the park; the small rustic Hameau (Hamlet) created for Marie Antoinette; and the vast Gardens of Versailles with fountains, canals, and geometric flower beds and groves, laid out by André le Nôtre. The Palace was stripped of all its furnishings after the French Revolution, but many pieces have been returned and many of the palace rooms have been restored.
In 2017 the Palace of Versailles received 7,700,000 visitors, making it the second-most visited monument in the Île-de-France region, just behind the Louvre and ahead of the Eiffel Tower.