Legendary bridges. Stories and legends about St. Petersburg bridges. Sergeeva l

Petersburg is a city of white nights, luxurious mansions, numerous rivers and channels and, of course, various bridges. According to official figures in the city on the Neva, there are 443 bridges, and Petersburg itself takes fifth place in the world in these indicators, second only to Hamburg, Berlin, Amsterdam and Venice.

The author of this book, an accredited guide of the 1st category Lilia Sergeeva will tell you about the most famous, remarkable and interesting bridges of the Northern capital. Looking through panoramic photographs and archival illustrations, you will take a “walk” along the rivers of the Moika and Fontanka, get through the swan groove, marvel at the beauty of the Griboedov channel and, of course, look at the bridges on the Big Neva, going to the very boundaries of the Gulf of Finland.

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