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The subject index / Lviny Bridge

Lviny Bridge


Categories / 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


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

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

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)

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