1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour #101 - Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

1001 Places/Experiences to See or Savour After Remission #101

-  Hermitage Museum-Winter Palace, St Petersburg, Russia

(The richness of St Petersburg is best captured in this magnificent Hermitage Museum, which is part of the Winter Palace. The awe-inspiring works of Da Vinci - the iconic "La Bambina" - Michelangelo and Rembrandt are all inside this museum. One has to ask how did these classic creations from Italian and Dutch masters end up in Russia, and not in Italy or Holland? Spoils of World War 2 perhaps? Could this museum be worth even more than The Louvre? Oh, I forgot, they are all priceless..just like our life..)