Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Monumental Architecture

St. Petersburg is a world heritage site due to its many old buildings. Here is a selection of a few, as well as some monuments 

Just a storefront 

Unusual to have a copper dome 

One of the first shopping malls

incredible iron fence

The gates on the fence


A commemorative arch

Fron the napolianic war

Arch of trimuph

Soviet style

WW2  

Still some Lenin's around

An Egyptian themed arch


Apparently they put the fences on the top of the roofs to discourage illegal tyres


Details on the red building

Nice top arch

Along the canal
Another grade fence

The fortress 

Outside the hermitage 

Chariots Ho!

Downtown

Another department store 

Selling souvenirs 

Another highlight 
Victory Arch

Statues on a bridge 

On the main street

They don't make them like they used to

One serious skylight

Grand columns 

Peter the great from Catherine the great