The Palace Hotel is a fine building and in scale with little old Manchester. But the Winter Palace in the twin city of St Petersburg, post the storming of it in 1917 eventually became the Hermitage and the world's largest art collection. I am not comparing the two, they each serve their own useful purposes, but I'd rather see the sights of St Petersburg as often as I see those of Manchester.
I would love to see the Hermitage for myself someday. If you haven't seen it, I recommend the film Russian Ark.
ReplyDeleteWonderful angle of your clock tower.
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