Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

[jpro1989]

Does anybody know who is the painter at 3:04?

[gsalmasi]

This is a painting by Canaletto (1697 - 1768) called

Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice

(1740's; Oil on canvas; )

[jpro1989]

thank you very much!

[dancecosmic]

Fuck WMG

[poetaster11]

For those who don't understand this comment, WMG (Warner Media Group) silenced the sound track to this video, which included a legitimate copy of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits, without providing any mechanism for getting the permission they demand, which I would have been willing to pay a reasonable fee for.

[formosaelectro14]

exelent

5 star

i'm argentina

pasas¿

[TourRoyale]

Ah, this is beautiful, well done. The city that I'm from.

I would recommend to everyone a film called "Russian Arc". The whole film takes place inside the beautiful Hermitage and is shot in one continious shot/take. It will take your breath away.

[Sortilegio1000]

!!!!!Magnifique Video de St. Petersburg et l'Hermitàge Musée, tres jolie, bon continuation!!!!! Bonjour de la Frànce

[buraktayla]

Hastasiyim

[hevidt]

i read somewhere that it would take 60 years to completely look at everything at the hermitage. WOW!!!!

[StephanAOTTO1]

I've always loved The Hermitage. There was a fantastic series about it on PBS a while back. Gotta love those inlaid floors!!

You can't get THAT at Home Depot!!!:)

[dinosky123]

WHOW !!Thanks for your contribution,in showing the World..the "sublime" Repository of European Culture!nothing,such like,in Versailles,Belvedere,Prado,or the Bragging Buckingham,Dupes..! At least, the Russians,didnn't have to "steal" a countries "culture" like the British "Elgin" from the Acropolis..!!!-Excellent stuff !!!

[AmTropf37]

Ich war jetzt auch mal ne woch in Petersburg... so toll diese stadt.....  ich wäre noch gerne länger geblieben...

[ANTICHITASCIPPA]

UN BEL VIDEO, SALUTI DA NAPOLI!

[yrsahilding]

Very nice tidbits of Petersburg. I'm saving up for a couple of days in Grand Hotel Europa.

[amayia]

hey, I like "Sultans of Swing", interresting chois for the video of Hermitage ;) Do you have something like that for " yantarnaya komnata" in Yekaterinenskiy dworez? hehe

[avader5]

It was preceded by Lara's Theme From "Doctor Zhivago"

[redash2006]

nice one

[GegantaCatalana]

I liked this video with the name of the painters, so many pictures that I saw also when I was there, thanks!

[mcsimoes]

The music is pathetic!! POOR HERMITAGE!!

[StefanoBrasil]

i love Leningrad, great city

[JuhaVideos]

St.Petersburg is the place where I would like to again and again. It is absolutely a fascinating city.

[V1clear]

Enjoyed views of Hermitage. My son is currently their with his High School orchestra attending a festival so I was interested to see what some 'sights' he might also be enjoying. I also had to turn down the sound (wrong choice of music for the images). For a hint, check out the 4 videos of Peterhof also here on youtube.

[gsalmasi]

Well, Strauss and Rachmaninoff are certainly nice accompaniments for pictures of Russian palaces, but my choice of "Sultans of Swing" is meant as a little bit of a reminder of how they came about - the Czars did live like Sultans, with all that entails.  Granted, soundtracks are very personal choices, and you're not the first person who didn't like this one, but I'd be curious what your son thinks.

[unmik1422]

Good job. Was in St. Petersburg a year ago. Wow...absolutely amazing. The Russian people are wonderfully cultured. I put together a few videos Russia also.

[GegantaCatalana]

where are your videos? I would like to see them too...

[seasonless]

It's not that I don't like the music itself, but at a different time in a different setting. Please, don't misunderstand

[gsalmasi]

Glad you liked the pictures, sorry the music's not to your taste -- other people have liked it. Perhaps you could turn the sound off and try it again?

[seasonless]

This music does nothing for the beautiful Hermitage museum.

[karpovka]

Thank you....

[VictoriaWinters]

Thank you for posting this! Beautiful.

[strivelli]

This city is the most beautifut that I ever seen...