![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/26t.jpg) Gorodishchenskoe Lake where Slavensky Springs flow. Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/24t.jpg) Smolka River(?) near the site of Slavensky Springs. Izborsk, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/01t.jpg) The tower of Temnushka(?) of the ancient fortress Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/23t.jpg) The tower of Lukovka of the ancient fortress Izborsk. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/02t.jpg) A post office in Izborsk, view from a tourist bus at rain. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/410/jpeg/24t.jpg) Caves and springs on a bank of a creek in Rozhdestveno, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/13t.jpg) A park in the center of the city, with V. I. Lenin monument and ancient churches around it. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/17t.jpg) Tourists crowding at the gate, under the fortress walls of Pskov-Pechory Monastery. Pechory, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/228/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ruins of an ancient Crusader s fortress destroying by the sea at Mediterranean beach in southern Ashkelon. The Middle East, September 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/228/jpeg/20t.jpg) Ruins of cisterns (?) of an ancient Crusader s fortress destroying by the sea at Mediterranean beach in southern Ashkelon. The Middle East, September 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/228/jpeg/18t.jpg) Decayed granite pillars from an ancient Crusader s fortress at Mediterranean beach in southern Ashkelon. The Middle East, September 19, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/21t.jpg) Narva Fortress from walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/08t.jpg) Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/06t.jpg) Uspensky Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2009/758/jpeg/02t.jpg) Replicas of ancient art in Gallery of History of Ancient Painting in Hermitage Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 10, 2009
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/07t.jpg) Saint George s Cathedral in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/401/jpeg/05t.jpg) Dmitry Solunsky church in Old Ladoga Fortress in Staraya Ladoga. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 18, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/18t.jpg) Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann s castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1882/jpeg/08t.jpg) Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2012/1099/jpeg/10t.jpg) Entrance gate of Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2012
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2007/592/jpeg/11t.jpg) Granite columns in the hall of ancient art in Hermitage museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 14, 2007
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1882/jpeg/09t.jpg) Peter the Great sculpture in Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1882/jpeg/10t.jpg) Right hand of Peter the Great sculpture in Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2021/2936/jpeg/05t.jpg) Stony beach with water springs in Solnechnoe, near Saint Petersburg. Russia, May 17, 2021
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1721/jpeg/06t.jpg) Springs in Maloe Zabrodye Village near Orzhitdy. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1724/jpeg/18t.jpg) Griaznovka River springs in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1724/jpeg/17t.jpg) Red sandstone of Griaznovka River springs in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1721/jpeg/01t.jpg) Tourists visiting springs in Gliadino Village near Ropsha. Lomonosov Region of Leningrad District, Russia, January 4, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2000/164/jpeg/03t.jpg) Remains of ancient Nabataean city Mamshit in Negev Desert near Dimona, view of a road to the Eastern Church and British police station ( Camel police ) made from ancient rocks in 1936 on the top of a hill. The Middle East, December 23, 2000
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1724/jpeg/16t.jpg) Snowy fields near Griaznovka River springs in Rozhdestveno Village. Gatchina District of Leningrad Region, Russia, January 6, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/24t.jpg) Remains of ancient settlement on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2015/1635/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ruines of ancient houses on Purple Island (Jazirat Bin Ghanim). Al Khor, Qatar, August 1, 2015
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3604/jpeg/18t.jpg) Ancient houses from Kohtuotsa viewing point at Kohtu 12 in Tallinn old town. Estonia, August 14, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1258/jpeg/26t.jpg) Gate of sacred radon spring of Alexander Svirsky in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/28t.jpg) Powder bunker of Vyborg Fortress. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1259/jpeg/02t.jpg) Bluish water of sacred radon spring of Alexander Svirsky in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2002/256/jpeg/25t.jpg) Springs at the end of Mishmar canyon, near Dead Sea. The Middle East, February 21, 2002
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/884/jpeg/22t.jpg) Wind River from Hot Springs Park. Thermopolis, Wyoming, July 25, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/21t.jpg) A busy day in Varvarinskaya Church(?) in Pechory. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/25t.jpg) Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/26t.jpg) Walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/24t.jpg) Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2024/3573/jpeg/29t.jpg) Gate of a powder bunker of Vyborg Fortress. Russia, July 20, 2024
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1148/jpeg/25t.jpg) Tower of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/11t.jpg) Gate of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/06t.jpg) Brown cat in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/03t.jpg) A church in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1259/jpeg/01t.jpg) Wooden log gate and boardwalk of sacred radon spring of Alexander Svirsky in Holy Annunciation Nikandrova Desert Monastery (Svyato-Blagoveshchenskaya Nikandrova Pustyn). Pskov Region, Russia, September 8, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/884/jpeg/01t.jpg) Yellowstone Lake and hot springs, view from Steamboat Point. Wyoming, July 24, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2010/883/jpeg/24t.jpg) Rainbow Terraces in Hot Springs State Park. Thermopolis, Wyoming, July 23, 2010
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/411/jpeg/09t.jpg) The Gatchina Palace at evening. Leningrad Region, Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/15t.jpg) Construction workers, view from a tourist bus. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/09t.jpg) Dvortsovy Bridge at night. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 7, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/06t.jpg) A yard near Podyacheskaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/21t.jpg) Liteiny Bridge at night. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 4, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/01t.jpg) A house on Voznesensky Prospekt. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/04t.jpg) Houses at Griboyedova Canal. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/05t.jpg) Interior of Paromenskaya Church in Zavelichye. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/05t.jpg) Brick walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/04t.jpg) Tree bark in Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/12t.jpg) Towers and walls of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/07t.jpg) Narrow window of Koporye Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/13t.jpg) Tower of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/18t.jpg) Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2019/2486/jpeg/12t.jpg) Blooming bird cherry on a wall of Yamburg Fortress in Kingisepp. Russia, May 5, 2019
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/20t.jpg) Novaya (New) Tower of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/14t.jpg) Nikola Church of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/24t.jpg) Walls of Ivan Gorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1153/jpeg/23t.jpg) Yard of Peter and Paul Fortress. Saint Petersburg, Russia, February 13, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2013/1149/jpeg/01t.jpg) Walls of Koporye Fortress in snow. Leningrad Region, Russia, February 9, 2013
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2001/197/jpeg/01t.jpg) Cave of Pan and springs in Banias Park. Golan Heights, the Middle East, April 7, 2001
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/25t.jpg) I. Repin paintings in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/08t.jpg) A hall in Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 3, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/10t.jpg) A hall in Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 3, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/06t.jpg) Paromenskaya Church (Uspeniya s Paroma) in Zavelichye. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/23t.jpg) Pushkinskaya Subway Station (metro). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/411/jpeg/03t.jpg) Prior Palace in Gatchina, a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/11t.jpg) Interior of Trinity (Troitsky) Cathedral in Kremlin. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/410/jpeg/21t.jpg) Rozhdestveno church, 50 miles south from Saint Petersburg. Russia, August 22, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/05t.jpg) Embossments on a house near Podyacheskaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/14t.jpg) Military patrol in Pskov, view from a window of a tourist bus. Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/07t.jpg) A passage to a yard near Podyacheskaya Street. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 6, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/10t.jpg) Part of the Kremlin wall near Velikaya River. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/411/jpeg/10t.jpg) Mikhaylovsky Palace and Moyka River. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 23, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/26t.jpg) G. I. Semiradsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/06t.jpg) Grotto of Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 3, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/11t.jpg) Night illumination of Mikhailovsky Castle. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 7, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/21t.jpg) Gates of Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 9, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/405/jpeg/10t.jpg) A bridge across Fontanka River at night. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 7, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/07t.jpg) Olginskaya Chapel recently built in Zavelichye. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/410/jpeg/05t.jpg) Academicheskay Subway Station (metro). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 19, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/01t.jpg) Ayvazovsky painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/403/jpeg/23t.jpg) Interior of Leningrad House of Trade (DLT). Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/404/jpeg/03t.jpg) Looking at C. Brullov(?) painting in Russian Museum. Saint Petersburg, Russia, August 2, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2004/406/jpeg/04t.jpg) An apartment house at Olginskaya Naberezhnaya 4/1 in Zavelichye. Pskov, Russia, August 8, 2004
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/1999/89/jpeg/13t.jpg) Basilica of the Sacred Heart at a catholic University of Notre Dame. South Bend, Indiana, May 21, 1999.
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/16t.jpg) Mysterious passage under a wall of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2016/1975/jpeg/08t.jpg) Peter and Paul Fortress from Palace Embankment. Saint Petersburg, Russia, December 16, 2016
![](../../pictures/archives/compress/2005/457/jpeg/17t.jpg) Ruins of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress. Leningrad Region, Russia, July 17, 2005
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