Let's return closer to the Nevsky Prospekt, which crosses the Griboedov Canal through the Kazan Bridge, about which I wrote here https://steemit.com/art/@megamax/bridges-of-st-petersburg-the-kazan-bridge
I propose to go back because today I managed to visit this place and take a few pictures of another bridge across the Griboedov channel - the Italian bridge.
The Italian bridge is a pedestrian bridge across the canal. It got its name thanks to the Italian street, which from the embankment of the canal continues from the bridge to the embankment of the Fontanka River.
In 1896, according to the project of architect Kolpitsyn, a one-span wooden bridge was built. The walls for the bridge were the walls of the granite embankments of the canal. In 1902 the bridge was rebuilt according to the project of the architect Karl Valerianovich Baldi. But the bridge stood in this form for a short time and in 1911 - 1912 again it was rebuilt according to the project of the architect Konstantin Vasilyevich Yefimiev.
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The Italian bridge on the postcard of 1910.
In 1937, the bridge was rebuilt again and looked like this:
A modern metal single-span bridge with decorative structures and lanterns was built in 1955 by the architect Vladimir Sergeyevich Vasilkovsky.
The Italian bridge is one of the most favored bridges among tourists and guests of St. Petersburg. It is on him and during the daytime that the walking people like to take photographs with a view of the Church of the Savior on Blood and the Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky Prospekt.
The Church of the Savior on Blood on the Griboedov Canal.
Thank you for attention. See you at the bridges of St. Petersburg.