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Vladimir_V.:
Peterhof. Prices 2005.
The Upper Gardens   free
The Lower Gardens   300rub (10.8$, 8.4E)
The Great Peterhof Palace   430rub (15.5$, 12E)
The Special Treasury Museum   400rub (14.4$, 11.1E)
The Grottoes   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Hermitage Palace   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Marly Palace   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
Monplaisir   290rub (10.4$, 8.1E)
The Bath House and The Assembly Hall   150rub (5.4$, 4.2E)
The Catherine Block   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Aviary   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Museum of Imperial Yachts   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Alexandria Park   free
The Cottage Palace   180rub (6.5$, 5E)
The Gothic Chapel   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Exhibition “The Imperial Bicycles”   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Museum of Collectors   110rub (4$, 3.1E)
The Museum of Fountains   3000rub (108$, 84E) for a group
The Benois Family Museum   free
The Strelna Travel Palace   110rub (4$, 3.1E)

Vladimir_V.:
New life of iconostasis from Alexander Palace.

In 2002 restoration artists from the Hermitage's own Special Scientific Restoration Workshops restored the campaign iconostasis of Alexander I. This iconostasis (V.K. Shebuev) was placed in AP at the middle of the nineteenth century. This screen was made in 1816 and didn`t follow the Emperor from Russia to Paris, as the scientists supposed before.
Now we can see the AP iconostasis in the Church of Saint Alexander Nevsky in the General Staff building (the Hermitage museum complex). The church was constructed in 1827-30 to Rossi's design with the participation of the painter Antonio Vigi and served as  the private church of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/11/b2003/hm11_5_19_06.html http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/13/hm13_3_001.html

etonexile:
Gosh...why can't I win the lottery and be able to spend a splendid month...wandering about St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo...sigh..... :'(

Vladimir_V.:
Tzarskoje Selo
The management of Tzarskoje Selo museum decided to open for visitors the rooms in Zubov Wing of the Catherine Palace. The dimensions of the rooms was restored in 2004. After redecoration (without the renewal of the previous interiors) the rooms will be used for exibitions.

Antonio_P.Caballer:
Hello Vladimir,

How is that??

They will be opened as exhibition rooms??? Just that?? Sorry, but i´m totally astonished. The last i knew was that they were intended to be restored in due time.
Maria Alexandrovna´s bedroom, for example, had even after the WWII damage retained a lot of its decoration.
I cannot believe all of these rooms will be left unrestored. The Lyons room, for instance, they have all of its lapis decorative elements preserved. And Cameron´s Catherine II´s rooms were some of the most beautiful interiors the man has ever created.
I hope i simply misunderstood the post!!  

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