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    Re: The armory and diamond found Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on April 3, 2015, 6:24 pm, in reply to "The armory and diamond found"


    Thank you Kasper for your on the spot report.
    I clicked through to the carriages and was very impressed by them.


    --Previous Message--
    : Dear fellow posters
    : I'm in Russia right now on a vacation. And
    : Wednesday I actually went to visit the
    : Kremlin with very big expectations.
    :
    : The armory museum contains collections of
    : gold and silver objects given in favor of
    : the Zars over time. The golden horse
    : carridges and different throne chairs and
    : some fashion and weapons. But also 10 of the
    : real faberge eggs. Jubiiiii
    :
    : Within the armory museum you also find the
    : diamond found.
    : OMG what a collection. I just love to see
    : the famous crowns and just the stone
    : collection it self. And of course some of
    : those very old pieces of jewelry that have
    : survived. Also there was three replicas of
    : zarina tiaras.
    : The one with pearls that belongs to Imelda
    : Marcos,
    : the big one with a pink diamond in the
    : middle
    : and the huge ears of weath with a yellow
    : diamond in the middle.
    :
    : It's wort a visit. But unfortunately it's
    : not aloud to take pictures in there...
    : --Previous Message--
    : If I well remember, most of the Russian
    : imperial jewels are kept in Moscow's
    : Kremlin.
    :
    : Here is a video (in Russian) with lovely
    : pictures of the glittering Russian jewels:
    : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZbMeLHnoU
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