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There are different bridges in St. Petersburg – over rivers and canals, over railroads and highways. But this one is over nothing. It stands on the ground. It's just part of Fontanka River embankment. When St. Michael's Castle was built, it was surrounded by... More

There are many bridges in St. Petersburg – big and small, railway and pedestrian, drawbridges and others. And Gorstkin bridge is for non-smokers. The bridge is partly wooden, that’s why smoking is prohibited. It was constructed in 1910. The bridge is 54 meters long, and its width is 6.2 meters.  More

In the end of 2009 a new pedestrian bridge was constructed over the river Smolenka. The bridge existed here since the mid 1960's. It was built from scrap metal by Baltic shipyard worker Andreev together with the inhabitants of Goloday (old unofficial name of Dekabristov island) island... More

Most people, after visiting Makarova street in Kronstadt, usually take photos at the memorial plaque of the Peter’s Dock. Tourists can see only a small part of the building, which was really new step in the development of construction. Even now it is admired, besides currently it is in a poor state. After the end of the Great Northern... More

Informal are these sphinxes or not, the sightseeing tours usually do not get as far as the Egyptian Bridge (besides, one of the most well-known in Saint-Petersburg). The bridge goes over Fontanka River, linking parts of Lermontovsky prospect. Why did they build such a beautiful bridge so far away from the main tourist part of St. Petersburg? There... More

Ioannovskii Bridge is a bridge you can’t skip while visiting Petropavlovskaya fortress, so it’s rather formal and significant sight, but I was attracted by the eagles on the bridge. The eagles were mounted on the bridge lanterns in 2003, some lanterns have helmets on top of them, which look like the Kaiser Germany helmets at the times of First World... More

A wonderful sea horse–unicorn is settled on the lanterns at Lomonosov’s bridge. The bridge was built in 1785-1788, first as a leaf one. Then they tried to rebuilt it several times and finally it was thoroughly repaired in 1912-13. In 1915 they placed four huge lanterns with gilt sea horse sculptures at the accesses of the bridge. Later these lanterns... More

These bridges may not be the smallest bridges in St. Petersburg but undoubtedly ones of the smallest. They are made from granite slabs. They bestrides over the groove full of water in rainy times. The groove itself attracts the attention, like all the other St. Petersburg basins its banks are dressed in granite. It connects two little ponds, one look... More