Rostral Column outside Stock Exchange, St Petersburg
View of one of the two Rostral Columns in front of of the Old St Petersburg Stock Exchange (Bourse) on the River Neva. The Columns were completed in 1811. They are decorated with bronze anchors and four pairs of bronze ship prows (rostra). Seated marble figures decorate the base of each column, each one representing one of the four major rivers of Russia. The columns were originally intended to serve as beacons and were topped by a light in the form of a Greek brazier and lit by oil. More recently the braziers have been replaced with gas torches which are lit on ceremonial occasions
Picture No
10289983
Media ID
46072700
Size
5733px x 3719px
(2.6MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / John Massey Stewart Collection
Source
Unattributed Russian postcard
Date
early 20th century
