Saint Isaac’s Cathedral

By October 15, 2013 Travel No Comments

We got I Love Travel St. Petersburg 🙂  Dennis our driver and Marina our tour guide.  We love because she is very efficient!  She really knows how to get through without delay.  She knows how to be the first in line, where to pass so we are not caught with the crowd, she knows what to say so we don’t have to listen to too much details 🙂  She’s just great!

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It’s always better to be in a group so you can share the expenses of a private tour so you have your own tour guide and bus instead of joining such a big group.  And you can go at your own pace

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I liked this tour guide because we had our own headsets.  We could hear everything our tour guide was saying even if we were certain meters away from her.  You don’t miss anything that she is saying unlike other tour groups where you have to be very close to hear what she is saying.  All tour groups should have this!

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First stop was St. Isaac’s Cathedral

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At any point in St. Petersburg, you can see the gilded dome of St. Isaac’s cathedral!

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Since this was our first stop, we were the first to enter the cathedral!  🙂  
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Rastrelli, the designer of the cathedral.  He worked almost his lifetime – around 40 years – to finish the church
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Evolution of the cathedral

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 Really beautiful interiors!!!  Gold, marble, stained glass, icons,  and all kinds of semi precious stones in pillars

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Dove in the center of the dome
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Beautiful stained glass and lapiz lazuli columns! 
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From afar you think these are painting but no, they are mosaic!
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Look closer!  I wish I could have a work of art like this!  Beautiful 🙂
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Another one- there are several inside
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Malachite columns
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You have to wear a hat to enter the chapel inside so the ladies got the men’s hats! 🙂
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Dad lighting a candle praying for more grandchildren! haha

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Click below to go to their website for more information

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