Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg


St. Petersburg It is one of the most attractive Russian cities, especially because culturally it is very important and it also has a lot of places with a great historical load. Here is the Hermitage Museum, where you can find one of the most important art collections in the world. Formerly it was the ‘Winter Palace’ of the Russian czars and was built in the 18th century by order of the Empress Elizabeth.

So it is in a fantastic location, making it even more impressive. It is baroque in style and has many columns and statues surrounded by water green walls and gold trim. A spectacular architectural complex that occupies 22,000 square meters, which makes it one of the largest museums in the world. Inside you can see the great wealth and power that have always accompanied the tsars, with rooms decorated in neoclassical and Russian baroque style.

Among its extensive collection you can see more than three million pieces, a real barbarity for which you will need many days, so if you do not have much time, find out about the different rooms and works that there are so that you can organize yourself and see the most interesting, although it is recommended that you see everything you can. Among all the historical heritage that you can find there are sculptures, jewelry, paintings, weapons, stamp collections, porcelains, silverware and silverware and various archaeological artifacts.

Among the many artists who are present in the Hermitage Museum with some of their works we can find great geniuses like Da Vinci, Rafael, Van Dyck, Miguel Ángel, Picasso, Matisse, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Titian or Rubens. Without a doubt, a fantastic opportunity to see the best of world art in the same venue.

Famous Landmarks of St. Petersburg | The State Hermitage Museum (March 2024)


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