Canal between the Large (or New) Hermitage (on left) and the Hermitage State Theatre (on right). The building over the canal is the State Theatre foyer which joins the Hermitage to the theatre. The canal flows into the Neva river in the background.
Peter and Paul Fortress, viewed across the Neva river from near the Hermitage.
Peter and Paul Fortress - Peter and Paul Cathedral, with 122m high bell tower and gilded spire). The cathedral is the burial place of all Russian tsars from Peter I to Alexander III. The remains of the Imperial martyrs, Nicholas II and his family and entourage, are also interred here
