St Petersburg is a city that is difficult to surprise with museums. After the Hermitage, the Russian Museum, and the Fabergé Museum, it seems as though every artistic treasure has already been mapped and no true discoveries remain. Yet there is one address that still exists almost as a local secret: 5 Lodygina Lane.
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A national and cultural landmark in the heart of St Petersburg, Belmond Grand Hotel Europe is set in a series of buildings dating from 1824-5. The historic façade was designed by prominent Italian architect Carlo Rossi as a part of an architectural ensemble, blending with the nearby Mikhailovsky Palace (now the Russian Museum) and Arts
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Master of the Arena Born in Milan, Gaetano Ciniselli was an equestrian acrobat, a horseman of a high school riding, an animal trainer and an educator. Not only did he perfect diligently in his art, being awarded the title of “Honorary Horseman of His Majesty the King of Italy” (Cavallerizzo onorario di S.M.il Re d’Italia),
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