The Hermitage is a Museum where it is interesting and very interesting-the Treasury, the storeroom, and the heart, or some other anatomical organ of St. Petersburg, is not for nothing so loved by the guests of our city. Art does not feed bread – give anything to write about it, for example: "what was collected in the Hermitage, concludes a wonderful, precious examples of human artistic genius that every Russian, without leaving Petersburg, might tell himself that he knows thorough samples of whatever is best in the world, the creations of art, and has the right concept of the greatest artists of Ancient Greece and Europe." Mmm... Every Russian, every French and every German ... the most Capital... Ancient Greece and Europe... - well, in short, art historian Stasov…
Peterhof. Not only splashes.
Not only them, although the history of its occurrence is often associated with the desire of Peter the Great to immediately create a seaside residence with all these charms - alleys, fountains, flower beds – of course, this is beautiful. But during the war, most likely, the main thing is to win. And therefore Popova’s manor somewhere in the area where Marley stands, was then only one of the stops along the road to Kronstadt being built. And only later did it turn into a single palace and park ensemble. The history of Peterhof officially began in August 1723, when its grand opening took place. It happened from the sea – through the Sea Canal, through which the guests of Peter the Great passed.
