Palladian Bridge at Tsarskoe Selo

Following on from my previous upload, this postcard c1903 was mailed internally in Russia during 1907.

There are four almost identical surviving Palladian bridges of this size, designed by the Venetian architect Andrea Palladio (1508–1580). Three in England and this one one in Russia, at Tsarskoe Selo (now Pushkin) in the Environs of St Petersburg.

Called the Siberian Marble Gallery by the Russians, it is situated between 'Swan Islands' in the landscaped Catherine Park of Tsarskoe Selo and spans a rivulet flowing between several large ponds. The bridge was modelled after the Palladian Bridge of 1736 in the park of Wilton House outside Salisbury in Wiltshire. All components of the bridge, including the granite Ionic colonnade — were produced in Ekaterinburg, transported to Tsarskoe Selo and then assembled in situ. It is probably called Siberian due to its construction with marble from the Urals.