THE BRIDGES OF ST PETERSBURG

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THE BRIDGES OF ST PETERSBURG

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THE BRIDGES OF ST PETERSBURG

• During Peters reign, there were no bridges
• over the Neva. The Emperor wanted the
• people of Petersburg, to their dismay, to
• share his passion for sailing, thrus
• riverboats were the common from to
• Transport. Peter even made it a tradition to
• take his retinue out in rowing and salling
• boats. Only in the mid-19th century were they
  finally
• replaced with permanent bridges made of
• metal.

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• Each of Petersburgs bridges has its own
  distinctive
• structure and appearance. They are humpbacked and
  
• elegant, large and small, subtle and imposing.
  Their
• decorative wrought iron railings and lamps,
  coupled with
• the face of the city a charming and inimitable
  look. At either
• end of small pedestrian Lion Bridge sit two pairs
  of
• enormous lions(2.23 meters high). In their half
  open jaws
• they hold the wrought iron rings and thick steel
  cables that
• support this striking suspension bridge.

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THE ANICHKOV BRIDGE

• Built at Peter Is behest in 1715,the
• Anichkov Bridge was one of the first bridges
• in Petersburg. The principal feature of the
• bridge is the sculptural ensemble known as
• The Taming of the Horse. It was the
• Sculptor himself who suggested that the
• Statues be placed on the Anichkov Bridge.
• Only two components of the original bronze
• sculptural group (1841) were installed the
  remaing
• figures fasing Liteiny Prospect, were substituted
  with
• painted plaster models since, by order of
  Nickolas I, the
• bronze originals were sent to Beerlin as a gift
  for the king of
• Prussia.

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• When the sculptor cast a second set in
• bronze, these too were sent abroad, this time
• to Naples. Later, in 1848, Klodt created two
• New groups, different to their predecessors,
• For the vacant pedestals on the bridge.