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Lviny Bridge
Lviny Bridge
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Architecture/Bridges
LVINY (LION'S) BRIDGE ("four lions bridge"), over Griboedov Canal, links the Lviny Lane with Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. It was built in 1825-26 (engineers V.K. Traitteur, V.А. Khristianovich) as a chain pedestrian bridge with four lions supporting the chains (cast iron, sculptor P.P. Sokolov - hence its name). The lampposts are set in the middle section of the bridge on the cast iron railings, which around 1880 were replaced with a wrought railing. In 1948-49, the wooden deck stringers were replaced with metal ones (engineer А.М. Yanovsky). In 1954, the cast iron railing and lanterns were restored (architect А.L. Rotach). In 1999-2000, the suspended beams were replaced with a girder deck (the chains were removed), the frames, supporting chains were repaired, the lion figures restored. Length: 27.8 metres, width: 2.2 metres. D. Y. Guzevich, S. Z. Suponitsky, N.M. Kozlovskaya.
Persons
Khristianovich Vasily Alexandrovich
Rotach Alexander Lukich
Sokolov Pavel Petrovich
Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume)
Yanovsky A.M.
Addresses
Lviny Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Malaya Podyacheskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Chronograph
1826
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Bridges (entry)
BRIDGES, an integral part of the urban planning structure and architectural appearance of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the city numbered 342 bridges of various kinds and types; in Kronstadt: 5 bridges, Pushkin: 54 bridges, Petrodvorets: 51 bridges
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Decorative Monumental Sculpture (entry)
DECORATIVE MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE. The art of monumental sculpture dates back to the time of Peter the Great; its first examples appeared throughout St. Petersburg, at the Summer Garden and various suburb residences
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Sokolov P.P., (1764-1835), sculptor
SOKOLOV Pavel Petrovich (1764, St. Petersburg - 1835, at the same place), sculptor. Studied at the Academy of Arts (1770-85) under F.G. Gordeev, received a retainer to study in France (1786-89), and became a member (1813)
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Traitteur Vasily Karlovich (Wilhelm, Guillaume; 1788-1859), engineer, bridge builder
TRAITTEUR VASILY KARLOVICH (WILHELM, GUILLAUME) (1788-1859), engineer, lithographer, Major General (1830). Immigrant from Germany. In 1814-1831, he was in the Russian service. In 1816, he created the first lithograph in Russia
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