Saint Petersburg Gallery

Alexander Palace

Alexander Palace, home of Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar, and his family. It is situated in the Alexander Park of Tsarskoye Selo, near St. Petersburg. The four photographs of the palace show the Egyptian port of entry near Saint Petersburg, the front and back facades of the building and the imperial entrance (clockwise from top left)

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Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, landmark

Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, landmark, visitor attraction, place of interest, tourist attraction, ornate, decorative, facade, onion dome, onion domes, building, religious building, cathedral, tented church, canal, Christianity, architecture, arhitectural, St Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russia, Russian, Europe, European, vertical, nobody, photography, Color, David Clapp Photography, 76222981

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Admiralty building and Church of the Savior on Blood , Saint Petersburg

The Admiralty building is the former headquarters of the Admiralty Board and the Imperial Russian Navy in St. Petersburg, Russia and the current headquarters of the Russian Navy. The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is one of the main sights of St. Petersburg, Russia. Other names include the Church on Spilled Blood, the Temple of the Savior on Spilled Blood, and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. This Church was built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was fatally wounded in March 1881.The church was built between 1883 and 1907. The construction was funded by the imperial family. The name of the church should not be confused with the Church on Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land in Yekaterinburg, where Alexander's grandson Nicholas II and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks in 1918

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