Arch of the General Staff, St Petersburg, Russia
View of the Arch of the General Staff (State Arch), St Petersburg, Russia. This is a tripartite triumphal arch separating the two wings of the General Staff Building. It commemorates the Russian victory over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812. It links Palace Square through Bolshaya Morskaya Street to Nevsky Prospekt, and is surmounted by a sculpture of six horses drawing a chariot, with a winged Victory riding in the chariot and two Roman soldiers leading the two outermost horses
Picture No
10290021
Media ID
46073006
Size
3615px x 5272px
(3.0MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
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1812 Allegorical Bolshaya Chariot Commemorate Commemorates Commemoration Neoclassical Nevski Nevsky Prospect Prospekt Symbolism Tripartite Triumphal Winged
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