Roaming the sprawling basement of what was once the Winter Palace -- the official residence of Russia's ruling tsars -- are nearly 50 cats who are treated like royalty. These are the real life 'Aristocats' of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum.
Caviar, truffles and pasta: St. Petersburg is now a foodie destinationTouring Amman with a Prince of the peopleDiscovering ancient Petra with a localIn Copenhagen, 'to play is to live'While you're strolling the grand halls of the State Hermitage Museum, in St. Petersburg, Russia, you might hear the faint sound of a meow coming from pipes below.
The palace also has a special room for the more anti-social cats that prefer little contact with their fellow felines. Then there are the ones who meander the halls of the basement, lying on large pipes and trotting freely about the nooks and crannies of the palace. "Maybe because they are so gentle, maybe because of the strange combination of huge museum and pretty cats," says Haltunen, who happens to be allergic to the animals.'Guardians of the galleries'
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