«Deigned to visit…». Official visits to the SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
This photo exhibition is timed to the 300th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. It tells about the official visits of members of royal families, Heads of States and delegations of foreign powers to SS Peter and Paul Cathedral in the late ХIX - ХХ centuries.
The Peter and Paul Fortress, Great Ducal Burial Chapel, entrance from the east side
The exhibition is timed to an anniversary date - the 300th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. It is dedicated to numerous visits of members of royal families, Heads of States and official delegations to the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral. For three centuries a visit to the Cathedral - the burial place of Russian emperors – was and still is an obligatory point in the program of official diplomatic visits to Russia. The exhibition will present photos of the late XIX - early XX centuries from the collection of the Central State Archive of Cinema, Photographic and Phonographic Documents in St. Petersburg and contemporary photographs that are stored at the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg. These pictures have capture the honorary guests of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral: French Presidents Emile Loubet and Raymond Poincaré, the German Emperor Wilhelm II, King of Sweden Gustav V, King of Romania Karl I, King of Serbia Peter I, the Chinese Prince Tsai-Tao, the Japanese Prince Fushimi, the Prince of Siam Chakrabongse and others.
