This postcard shows the Palace Bridge and the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Between 1901 and 1911, over 50 proposed designs for a bridge to cross the Neva River were rejected. In 1912, Andrey Pshenitsky's designs were used to start the construction of the Palace Bridge, but because of WWI, the work was delayed. The bridge was open to the public in 1916, but was fully completed 23 years later, in 1939, when the last decorative elements (such as iron-cast railings and street lamps) were installed.
And behind the bridge is the Winter Palace, home to Russian royalty since the 1760s. Anyway this palace deserves its own blog entry so I'll write about it next time.
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| A year after its inauguration, it was called the "Republican Bridge", and restored to "Palace Bridge" in 1944 |
Like I said, this postcard came from Finland. Here's the stamp to prove it:
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| The Rose Blossom stamp issued in 2009 |
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