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Bridge of Four Lions
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Bridge of Four Lions (Russian: Львиный мост, Мост о четырех львах) is a 28-meter-long pedestrian bridge over the Griboedov Canal in St Petersburg, connecting L'vinyi Drive to Malaya Podyacheskaya Street.

Photo 1, Bridge of Four Lions, St Petersburg, Russia

Its abutments are crowned with four cast-iron sculptures of lions, which give the bridge its name. The structure, suspended by cables emerging from the mouths of lions, was constructed in 1825 to a design by two well-established bridge builders, Wilhelm von Traitteur and Basil Christianowicz.

Photo 2, Bridge of Four Lions, St Petersburg, Russia