#embassies

Sankt-Peterburg | Imperial and Royal Embassy of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Ulitsa Tchaikovskogo 10

architect Harald Julius von Bosse (Livonian, 1812 – 1894) 1857 – 1860 as a mansion for Elizaveta Mikhailovna Buturlina diplomatic seat between c. 1868 and 1917 elevated to embassy in 1874

For Sale, Building Suitable for a Chancery, Washington, DC, 1974.

I had no idea there were so many embassies within 2km of work; taking these photos has me exploring areas of my city I’d never normally see!

The CIA spent $20 million in an attempt to use cats to spy on the Kremlin and Soviet embassies. The mission was called Acoustic Kitty and involved implanting a microphone in a cat's ears and a radio transmitter near its skull. – WTF Fun Facts

Berlin | Sächsiische Gesandtschaft Voßstraße 19/Königgrätzer Straße 133

with the flag at half-mast following the passing of H. M. The King of Saxony, February 18th, 1932