My parents are extremely limited on time. About how long is a typical visit to the Imperial Treasury?
Posted by
San Antonio TX, United States
2393 posts
It seems to me we spent about an hour going through it - not real fast but not real slow either
Posted by
white plains, ny, usa
4169 posts
It depends on how long you stand drooling over the Emerald Unction Vessel . Made of a 2700 carat Emerald ( the size of a softball ) , enameled gold , made in Prague in 1641 . Who said the Habsburgs didn't have anything on the Romanovs ?
Posted by
San Francisco
15097 posts
"Who said the Habsburgs didn't have anything on the Romanovs?" A great and compelling history question. The two dynasties as allies have one thing in common, their armies were both destroyed at Austerlitz by Napoleon.
Posted by
OP
49 posts
Thanks, everyone. I'll tell them to expect about an hour to an hour and a half or so. While I may spend half an hour drooling over the emerald, I doubt they'll be as intense.
Posted by
London, United Kingdom
4684 posts
I took somewhere around 90 minutes to two hours. There are a lot of rather uninteresting heralds' robes on show. If you are seriously interested in holy relics, take longer.