Day of the Hermitage cat.02.05.2017
May 13 and 14 "The Day of the Hermitage Cat" will be held in St. Petersburg.
On the day of the holiday, it will be possible to visit the basements of the Hermitage, but on ordinary days the entrance is closed. The rest of the festive program is kept secret.
Hermitage cats lead their history from the beginning of the eighteenth century, when, according to legend, Peter I brought the cat Basil from Holland and settled it in the Winter Palace. Later, by decree of Elizabeth I, the position of the cats at the Winter Palace was legalized. And Catherine the Great, the founder of the Hermitage, gave them the official status of guards.
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