Marble Bridge

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Marble Bridge, with the Chesme Column seen in the distance.
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Marble Bridge, with the Chesme Column seen in the distance.
Marble Bridge as seen nowadays.
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Marble Bridge as seen nowadays.

The Siberian Marble Gallery between Swan Islands — an artificial archipelago of seven islets in the landscape park of Tsarskoe Selo — spans a rivulet flowing between several ponds. The bridge was modelled after the Palladian Bridge near Wilton House and served as a showcase for the Ural marbles. All the details of the bridge — including the granite Ionic colonnade — were produced in Yekaterinburg, transported to Tsarskoe Selo and then assembled in the workshop of Vincenzo Tortori in 1774.

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