Pevchesky Bridge
The Pevchesky Bridge (
The first wooden bridge on the site was designed by the French architect Auguste de Montferrand; it was inaugurated in 1834. The first pedestrians to cross the bridge were the troops marching to the parade celebrating the unveiling of the Alexander Column (also designed by Montferrand).[3] The bridge got the name Yellow from the color of the railings, and according to the tradition of color-coding the bridges crossing the Moika River (that already had the Blue Bridge, the Green Bridge and the Red Bridge).
In 1837,
The new bridge was designed by architects Vasily Stasov, Domenico Adamini, and engineer E.A. Adam. The bridge was opened on 24 October 1840. The first user of the bridge was Nicholas I himself, who solemnly crossed the new bridge in his horse-drawn coach.[3] The main decoration of the bridge are beautiful cast iron railings, with numerous frills, the main repeating elements being fan-like palmettos.[4]
Later, the bridge got the name Pevchesky (literally Singers' bridge), because the
See also
References
- ISBN 0385351224), Chap. 1.
- ISBN 0465056997), Author's Note.
- ^ a b c Pevchesky Most on the Walkspb.ru site (in Russian)
- ^ Fencings of Saint-Petersburg Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Pevchesky Most on Most-spb.ru site (in Russian)