I started my walk from the monument to Emperor Peter the Great. The author of this monument is Bartolomeo Rastrelli. I paid special attention to the two bas-reliefs that decorate the sides of the pedestal.
Some details of these bas-reliefs were shining, many hands touched them during the day. There is a legend that touching these bas-reliefs can help in a difficult life situation.
In the foreground of the bas-relief "Battle of Gangut" depicts a rescued sailor, his comrades are helping him to get into the boat. You have to touch this sailor to avoid drowning, literally or figuratively. This is a place of pilgrimage for students who are afraid of "drowning" in exams.
From the monument to Peter the Great I walked out onto the Fontanka River embankment. I made it as far as the Engineering Bridge. The lattice of the bridge is decorated with shields depicting the head of Medusa Gorgon.
All these people on the bridge are looking at the monument. Only it's not as big and well visible monument as the previous one. To see this monument, you have to wait until someone makes room at the parapet and look down.
There is a small bronze bird, a siskin. It, too, is capable of bringing good luck. Passers-by throw coins to this sculpture, but it is very difficult to get to the small platform, almost all the coins fall down to the bottom of the Fontanka River.
The next bridge is called Panteleimon's Bridge, the name of the bridge comes from the nearby church in the name of St. Panteleimon the Healer. I really like the lanterns on this bridge.
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| Smartphone | Xiaomi Redmi 3 |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
This is my entry for the #WednesdayWalk challenge by @tattoodjay.
Lucky to take a walk in the sun))
Very nice places and nice photos.
And the "saved" one should be looked at before the student session ... :-))
Повезло погулять при солнышке))
Очень приятные места и хорошие фотографии.
А "спасённого" надо посмотреть перед сессией... :-))
Да, с погодой действительно повезло, отличный день был! Спасибо!:)
Погода наше фсё))
Such an interesting walk so much to see I think the small bronze bird caught my eye the most and the crowd to see it
Wet
I love this bronze bird too, it's very cute. Thank you!
a great wednesday walk, I really like your pictures. I never went to St Petersburg, but I always think of it as a great and pretty town. Maybe someday I should visit. Greetings :-) B.
Thank you so much! SSt. Petersburg is a very beautiful city, it's a great idea for a trip! Greetings :-)
Hi :-) I was going to my replies to search for "this wonderful post about St. Petersburg" I once saw ... and now I found it
I wanted to let you know, a friend and me have started a community "introduce your city" IYC and we just running the first little contest there. It would be a pleasure, maybe you like our idea, seeing something about this place you live in :-) Greetings B.
more information on my posting: https://ecency.com/hive-137094/@beeber/a-new-community-iyc-introduce
hope you like it :-)
This is very interesting! I really liked this idea for the community.
I thought / hoped you woukd like it ☺ and now am glad you do ☺
Thank you so much!
Wow that is one truly spectacular lamp 'pole..?'
It is so creative and elaborate, I love it!
Well @tatdt, it looks like you had another fabulous day out walking around your amazing home!
I can't wait to see where you take us next week.
I was very lucky with the weather, we had long rains and it was cold, but the sun finally came out:) Thank you so much!
Well it certainly makes it more of an adventurous day when the weather is like such a rollercoaster, like us here too...
So much to see!!!
A wonderful walk indeed!
Thank you so much!
it's seems that you had lovely walk, what i like most is Panteleimon's Bridge and second most amazing is small bronze bird thats bring the good luck. Even your walk entertained us with the fantastic places.
thanks for sharing..
Thank you so much! It really was a lovely walk:)
Interesting photography. It would be an fuzzy feeling to watch those historical photographs, to feel oneself merging in the event. Great work.
Thank you so much! It was my pleasure to tell you about this walk and nice to get a response:)