Russia Trip - Part 2

One of the two 32 meter high Rostral Columns in St. Petersburg … date back to 1810 and is located on Vasilyevsky Island. The columns were erected in imitation of an ancient Roman custom to put up triumphal columns in honor of naval victories and decorate them with rostra ---- the prows of defeated ships.



In the period before 1885, when there had been a port in the immediate area, the columns had served as lighthouses: the winding stairways inside of them lead to the upper platforms where signal lamps were kept burning. Since 1957, when gas has been supplied to jets in the bowls, bright torches are lit over the Rostral Columns on festive days.



A lighthouse on the grounds of Peterhof (Peter’s Yard) which is located on the Bay of Finland



Peterhof itself … a summer palace of Peter the Great. Was opened in August, 1723



Sailing off into the sunset …That’s all folks!

Thanks for sharing a little of your trip with us, Dan. That house looked familiar - I think it is similar to the new house Saint Rod is building. . .

Dan,

Pictures lloked good. I hope you can get some names for the Lighthouses.

Maybe you should commission the Lighthouse Sleuth for assistance- I hear she works cheap if you supply the beer. I believe Dave told me that.

Dennis

"works cheap if you supply the beer" - trust me, Dennis, that would not be cheap by any stretch of the imagination!

Oh brother, I post a few photos of some itsy-bitsy lighthouses in Canada and along comes Russia for Heaven's sake! And then I'm supposed to come up with the name of Dan's lighthouses???!!!

(Personally Dan, I think that these folks are just jealous that they haven't had the opportunity to see "our" lighthouses! Thanks so much for posting your photos. No matter the names, it's just so neat to see your photos! )

Thanks for sharing with us Dan! Always great to see photos from lights that are that far away.

One of them has been identified previously around here:

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/cgi-bin/forumscgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000164

Great pics Dan. It's good to see things I'll never see in person.

If you had to zoom the camera out to 40x to get that picture in part 1, how could you tell there was even anything there with the naked eye?

Peterhoff Lighthouse sounds about right. I remember when Gary Martin posted it's picture in the form of a puzzle last year. I couldn't remember the name of it though.

As far as the light on Lake Ladoga was concerned, I had noticed a little blip on the horizon and checked it out with a pair of binoculars. I followed up with the camera to get the photo shot that I did. Believe me, it was a long way off!

Dan

PS: What are the rules in the Map Room? Are the posted pictures to be all of lighthouses or can some photos of churches and cathedrals be posted? we saw some many churches and cathedrals that a Brit that was on the cruise, began saying "ABC" (Another Bloody Church)!!

I vote for pictures of just about anything. Just remember this is a family forum.

We've had photos of garbage dump signs, why not Cathedrals!

Or even a Space Odyssey !

Dennis

Churches and Cathedrals are just "lighthouses" of the religious variety. Built for many of the same reasons -- to be seen at a distance and guide souls in distress to safe havens.

St. John of the Internet

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P.S. Bring on those images. And thanks for these. Just post 4-5 per THREAD to save those souls who have dial-up connections.

Thanks Dan for posting those pictures, and sharing your trip with us.

It's fascinating to see the difference in arctitecture. So many lighthouses in other countries that I have seen (buy photo journey!) are very ornate.

You took me somewhere I'll probably never see in person...Thanks!

Judy

For those who remember that "dump sign" which read something like "Trucks over 45 feet bare left", it has now been removed and replace with one that says "keep left"!

I do believe I posted that one in either the Humor or Nothing to do with Lighthouses Forum.

Dan, many of us do enjoy seeing photos of "other than lighthouses". You might want to post them in the Nothing to do with Lighthouses Forum???

Thanks for sharing the pictures Dan. John and I were in St. Petersburg a couple of years ago. We were standing in line to get into The Hermitage museum and I looked across the street and saw the Rostral Columns. I had no idea what they were but they looked neat so I happened to take a picture of them.

We also went out to Peterhof. That is a beautiful place to visit. It kind of reminded us of Versailles in Paris.

Hi St. John of Cyberspace,

Thanks for the go ahead on posting some other photos I took. I'll see what I can do ...

Dan

Nice photos! Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy seeing photos from places I have never visited.

Tammy

Great Pictures,thanks