Tripartite Bridge or Three-Arched Bridge is the name commonly applied by St Petersburgers to a pair of diminutive bridges , similar in design and decoration and situated perpendicularly to each other in front of the Church of the Savior on Blood .
6-575: The ensemble consists of 15-meter-long Theatre Bridge across the Griboyedov Canal and 18-metre-long Malo-Konyushennyi Bridge across the Moika River - both resting on a single Moika pier. Lipkin Bridge is also sometimes included in this group. The bridges were first constructed in wood during the reign of Empress Anne . A century later, architect Carlo Rossi conceived to unify the structures facing
12-581: A kanava , a word which in English is closer to the word "ditch." In a footnote to the Penguin Deluxe Classics edition of the book, translator Oliver Ready describes the canal as a "filthy and polluted place" which is nevertheless "the topographical center of the book." The novel's protagonist, Raskolnikov, repeatedly crosses over the canal, and tentatively plans on disposing of stolen property there. The apartment building where he commits his crimes "faced
18-483: A Russian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Griboyedov Canal The Griboyedov Canal or Kanal Griboyedova ( Russian : кана́л Грибое́дова ) is a canal in Saint Petersburg , constructed in 1739 along the existing Krivusha river. In 1764–90, the canal was deepened and the banks were reinforced and covered with granite. The Griboyedov Canal starts from
24-581: The Mikhailovsky Palace into a uniform Neoclassical ensemble. His plans were realized between 1829 and 1831 when the bridges were rebuilt and decorated with identical lamp posts and ironwork fences featuring palmettes , spears , and gorgons . Thanks to repairs undertaken in 1936, 1953 and 1999, the bridge remains in good condition, and is still open to road and foot traffic . 59°56′30″N 30°19′44″E / 59.9417°N 30.3288°E / 59.9417; 30.3288 This article about
30-805: The Moyka River near the Field of Mars . It flows into the Fontanka River. Its length is 5 kilometres (3 mi), with a width of 32 metres (105 ft). Before 1923, it was called the Catherine Canal, after the Empress Catherine the Great , during whose rule it was deepened. The Communist authorities renamed it after the Russian playwright and diplomat, Alexandr Griboyedov . The streets or embankments running along
36-485: The canal are known as Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova . There are 21 bridges across the canal: Griboedov Canal appears on the cover of the 2011 contemporary classical album, Troika . The canal is a key location in Fyodor Dostoyevsky 's novel, Crime and Punishment . Like most locations in the novel, the canal is rarely identified by its proper name; in fact, on most occasions Dostoyevsky refers to it as
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