Bridge of Four Lions [Saint-Petersburg]
Bridge of Four Lions/Львиный мост
Описание
Lions Bridge is considered one of the most famous bridges in St. Petersburg. Suspended pedestrian bridge decorated with sculptures of lions, attracts many tourists.
The bridge was built over the Griboyedov Canal near Podiacheskaia Street. The bridge was designed by prominent engineers V. Tretter and V.Christianovitz who participated in the creation of another famous pedestrian Bank bridge. P.P.Sokolov, is person who was made sculptures of griffins for Bank bridge, created sculptural decoration of the Lion bridge.
Inside of statues of lions are situated supporting mechanisms which hold the chain of a suspension bridge. V. Trettera developed an original pattern of the iron railings of the bridge, which subsequently used in the design of Ioannovsky bridge leading to the Peter and Paul fortress. Despite of the technical complexity of the project, the bridge was built in a short time. The festive opening ceremony took place in July 1826. For the first time citizens called the bridge "The Bridge on the Four Lions” and only later the bridge got its present name. Bridge width is 2.5 meters, and its length is about 27 meters.
Источник информации: Official city tourist portal of St.Petersburg
Адрес: Kanala Griboyedova Emb., St. Petersburg, Russia
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Дворцы, замки, усадьбы, дома
- Admiralty building
- Alexander Palace
- Anichkov Palace
- Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
- Catherine Palace
- Constantine Palace
- Cottage Palace
- Derzhavin Estate Museum
- Gatchina Palace
- Marble Palace
- Mariinsky Palace
- Menshikov Palace
- Menshikov's Great Palace
- Mikhailovsky Castle
- Pavlovsk Palace
- Peterhof Grand Palace
- Shlisselburg (Oreshek) Fortress
- Stroganov Palace
- Summer Palace of Peter the Great
- Tauride Palace
- Vorontsov Palace
- Yelagin Palace
- Yusupov Palace
- Zinger Company House
Исторические места
Мосты
- Anichkov Bridge
- Bank Bridge
- Blue Bridge
- Bolsheokhtinsky Bridge
- Bridge of Four Lions
- Egyptian Bridge
- Potseluev Bridge
- Stone Bridge
Музеи
- A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications
- Alexander Blok Apartment Museum
- Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum
- Arkhip Kuindzhi's Apartment Museum
- Central Naval Museum
- Chaliapin House Museum
- Dostoevsky Museum
- Erarta
- Fabergé Museum
- Freud Museum of Dreams
- Grand Maket Rossiya
- Icebreaker Krasin
- Kunstkamera
- LabyrinthUm Museum
- Loft Project Floors Exhibition Hall
- Microminiature museum
- Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps
- Museum of Political History of Russia
- Narodovolets D-2 Submarine Museum
- Nekrasov Memorial Museum-Apartment
- Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum
- Peter I House
- Peter the Great Botanical Garden
- Petrovskaya Aquatoria, Scale Model
- Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment
- Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum
- Russian Museum
- Russian State Museum of Arctic and Antarctic
- Russian Vodka Museum
- Saint Isaac's Cathedral
- St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatrical and Musical Art
- State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace
- State Memorial Museum of Leningrad Defense and Blockade
- Suvorov Museum
- The Museum of Lomonosov
- The Pushkin Country House Museum
- The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
- Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum
- Vladimir Nabokov Museum
- Vselennaya Vody Museum Complex
- Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Ночная жизнь, рестораны, кабаре
- Biblioteka
- Buddha-Bar
- Cafe Singer
- Club A2
- Coyote Ugly
- Gosti
- JFC Jazz Club
- Leningrad Center
- Makaronniki
- Old customs
- Retro Disco Club Papanin
- Terrassa
Памятники, скульптуры, статуи
- Bronze Horseman
- Egiptian Gates
- Monument to Nicholas I
- Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad
- Monument to the Nose of Major Kovalev
- Quay with Sphinxes
- Statue of Chizhik-Pyzhik
- The monument to Catherine II
Парки и природные достопримечательности
- Alexandrovsky Park
- Kirov Central Park of Culture and Recreation
- Leningrad Zoo
- Michael Garden
- Moskovsky Victory Park
- Peterhof. Lower park
- Summer Garden
- Tauride Garden
- The Park of the 300th anniversary
Площади, улицы, фонтаны, районы
Пляжи, аквапарки, купальни, бани, аквариумы
Спортивные сооружения
Театры и концертные залы
- Academical Maly Drama Theatre - Europe Theatre
- Akimov Comedy Theatre
- Alexandrinsky Theatre
- Hermitage Theatre
- Mariinsky Theatre
- Mikhaylovsky Theatre
- Saint Petersburg Philharmonia
- St. Petersburg Youth Theater on Fontanka
- Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
Храмы, соборы, монастыри
- Alexander Nevsky Lavra
- Buddhist Temple
- Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul
- Chapel of St. Xenia of St. Petersburg
- Church of the Savior on Blood
- Feodorovsky Cathedral
- Gothic Chapel
- Grand Choral Synagogue
- Kazan Cathedral
- Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
- Lutheran Church of St. Peter
- Peter and Paul Fortress
- Saint Petersburg Mosque
- Smolny Cathedral
- Sophia Cathedral
- Trinity Cathedral
- Vladimirskaya Church
Активный отдых, аттракционы, развлечения
- Bolshoi St Petersburg State Circus
- Divo Ostrov
- Dolphinarium
- Ice Palace
- Kidburg
- Piterland Aquapark
- Planetarium
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