travel russia st petersburg stock exchange and rostral columns
On Vasil'ersky Island Spit is a park along the embankment of the river and across the water is a view of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the spire of the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
Here, you will find the the Old Stock Exchange, now the Naval Museum, and the Rostral Columns.
'The Stock Exchange, designed by the French architect Thomas de Tomon and built between 1805 and 1810, was inspired by the best examples of Ancient Greek and Roman architecture.
The two Rostral Columns, studded with ships' prows, served as oil-fired navigation beacons in the 1800s (on some public holidays gas torches are still lit on them)'.
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A waterside view of the Stock Exchange/Naval Museum, the park, and the Rostral Columns, St. Petersburg, Russia (2009)
From the embankment, is a beautiful view of the Peter and Paul Fortress and Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia (2009).
Detail of the embankment wall, near the Stock Exchange, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
Lynn on the embankment next to the Stock Exchange, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
Stock Exchange/Naval Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia (2009)
The Rostral Columns, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
Rostral columns detail, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.
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