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Where in the world?

Simon on 15 Dec 2007

Language and Travel and Quiz questions | Comments (10)

10 Responses to “Where in the world?”

1. renato figueiredo on 15 Dec 2007 at 6:25 pm #

   Saint Petersburg, Russia, language Russian.

2. chris on 15 Dec 2007 at 7:20 pm #

   Technically, it’s in Petrodvorets, in the suburbs of Petersburg. It is Peter the Great’s Summer Palace, or Peterhof.

3. David on 15 Dec 2007 at 11:39 pm #

   Apparently it’s actually called Peterhof. Additional photos here.

4. renato figueiredo on 16 Dec 2007 at 12:58 pm #

   Thanks David for the clue on wikipedia. I Think Saint Peterburg is a very big city as London or Paris, so, using the words of chris “technically” it takes part of the metropolitan area of the city, even why, 6 kilometers south of the city it is nothing. Any way Simon’s questions are where the city is and what language, and this you and Chris didn’t answer

5. Simon on 16 Dec 2007 at 6:31 pm #

   It is indeed the Peterhof in Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербу́рг), Russia where they speak Russian.

   The palace in the photo is the Peterhof (Petrodvorets).

6. BG on 17 Dec 2007 at 6:06 am #

   I think St. Petersburg should be “Санкт-Петербуpг” in Cyrillic.

7. Ben on 17 Dec 2007 at 12:29 pm #

   Indeed, that’s what he wrote

8. Simon on 17 Dec 2007 at 4:22 pm #

   BG - some Cyrillic letters look different when in italics.

9. BG on 18 Dec 2007 at 6:18 am #

   I thought it might be something like that (or that my computer’s coding was messed up), but at least now I know about the italics.

10. Mel on 27 Dec 2007 at 4:49 pm #

    It is indeed Peterhof, and those fountains are remarkable - they shoot for several metres into the sky and are powered entirely naturally (i.e. by the momentum of the falling water). Another interestinf fact about Peterhof is that after WW2 when the palace was abandoned by the Nazis, the Russians discovered plans and printed invitations to a party that Hitler planned to hold at Peterhof to celebrate the successful invasion and occupation of Great Britain! I for one am pleased it never happened, but makes for a great anecdote if you ever go there!