St. Catherine's Palace

Day one in Russia ended with a visit to the 325 meter long St. Catherine's Palace in the town of Pushkin, 30 minutes south of St. Petersburg. More than 100 kilograms of gold were used to gild the sophisticated stucco façade and numerous statues erected on the roof. It was quite the sight to see!

[Lou Ann]

Such an exquisite castle. This is a lovely photo, showing the huge size and the lovely blues of the exterior. Were the artists still on the walk up to the castle grounds? I purchased some beautiful small paintings from them before entering the castle.

[*lynn]

What a shot! The blue sky adds to the beauty.

[Lynne]

Amazing structure. You've captured it well.

[Babs]

Wow it is spectacular. A huge divide between the haves and the have nots in Russia

[Batya]

Great perspective and colors

[Diana]

Such a great capture of this amazing structure, great perspective and colours.

[Peter H]

A stunning building.

[Monique]

Like Peter said : stunning !

[Margo]

Amazing

[Kathy A]

My goodness, how beautiful!

[Sharon Lee]

Lovely POV and colours

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow. That's fabulous. Great POV.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Fabulous - great pov and colours !

[Joan Robillard]

Beautiful place

[Clare Gadsby]

crisply appealing

[Merrelyn]

Wow, what a palace :)

[Bep]

Very impressive.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Lovely little summer residence. !

[Lee-Ann]

Amazing structure.

[Fisher Family]

A super shot of an impressive building!

Ian

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely capture and beautiful architecture.

[Casablanca]

The colours are just sumptuous, aren't they? I am especially loving the red carpet up the stairs. Put there for you, I am sure!

[Kim]

Wow! Impressive architecture.

[Islandgirl]

Oh Wow awesome architecture and wide angle shot!

[carol white]

A beautiful building

[Jacqueline]

Stunning building!

[Marij]

I like the composition and the blue sky makes it perfect

[Angelika van Rooyen]

Impressive structure, you captured it so well!

[gloria jones]

Great shot of this amazing palace and its architectural details and great colors

[Julie Duncan]

Love how you've portrayed this! Amazing edifice!

[Jean]

What a beautifull palace!

[haskar]

Great shot.

[Pyrrhula]

Great capture of this very decadent and beautiful palace. How did you manage no people in the pic.?

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great capture

[Helen Jane]

they certainly like to display their riches in the architecture. What an amazing building.

[KWind]

@pyrrhula I got lucky... it wasn't that busy! We were there near the end of the day. Most people were inside.

[Pyrrhula]

@kwind Thanks. Indeed very lucky. Love it without.

[Steve and Pam Winfield]

Wow this is just magnificent and so well photographed fav:)

[sarah]

The angle the color the building !! Simply stunning

[Linda]

Great capture of this fabulous palace. So beautiful. Love this shot. Fav!

[Kathy]

They must work hard to keep this building fresh and new looking.

[Lynda McG]

Wow, what a building! I would like to visit Russia

[william wooderson]

Something slightly sickening about all that gold, when you think of how many poor people there were in the country at the time! (and still are)

[Yao RL]

Wow, your wide angle lens !

[Lisa Poland]

Ok, I'm officially jealous. I've always wanted to see Russia, as we have a large collection of lacquered boxes and nesting dolls.