Palace bridge
Bascule bridge over the Neva that splits open nightly, its steel wings tilting skyward for passing ships.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg opens on the night of October twenty-fifth, nineteen seventeen, when armed insurgents crossed it during the October Revolution. It goes back to a decade of argument over its design, a strict rule about the view from the Palace Embankment, and the names the bridge has carried over the years. Best heard standing at the railing, looking across the Neva toward Vasilievsky Island.
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