{"id":106,"date":"2010-10-15T15:36:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T15:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=106"},"modified":"2010-10-15T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T15:37:16","slug":"amsterdam-hermitage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Amsterdam Hermitage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-127\" href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?attachment_id=127\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-127\" title=\"Amstboatstiedup\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Amstboatstiedup-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Amstboatstiedup-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Amstboatstiedup-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Hermitage is in St. Petersburg, right? Well, yes but there&#8217;s another in Amsterdam. Seems that Tsar Peter the Great had a thing for Amsterdam and when the Russian powers that be were looking for a site for a &#8220;branch&#8221; they picked Amsterdam.<br \/>\nThe building used to be a senior living facility. Everyone living there was relocated and serious renovation took place. The museum opened in July 2009 and it&#8217;s terrific&#8211;rather bland outside with a wonderful courtyard lined with stone benches and very contemporary  inside right up to the elevator with glass on all six sides. The Neva Cafe could be in any large city, very white with lots or orchids and a stylish menu. Tulips are the flower I associate with Holland but during the non-tulip season, Amsterdam seems to have adopted the orchid which were in many public spaces.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-128\" href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?attachment_id=128\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-128\" title=\"AlexandertheGrt\" src=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/AlexandertheGrt.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit, Alexander the Great, is a tribute to the myth, the reality and the heritage of this Macedonian conqueror.\u00a0 A clever video encapsulates the 22,000-plus miles Alex traveled during his war years &#8212; pretty impressive especially as it was all done on horseback.\u00a0 Conquering Asia Minor, into X into India, until his death, possibly of West Nile Virus or wounds combined with years of serious drinking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hermitage is in St. Petersburg, right? Well, yes but there&#8217;s another in Amsterdam. Seems that Tsar Peter the Great had a thing for Amsterdam and when the Russian powers that be were looking for a site for a &#8220;branch&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/?p=106\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106\/revisions\/158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marigoldonline.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}