Better View from the Bridge: 50 Bridges of St. Petersburg That Will Tell Their Version of the City's History

Saint Petersburg is famous for its vast number of luxurious landmarks: magnificent palaces, fortresses, picturesque gardens and embankments, impressive squares, theaters, and parks. But there is something special in this city that has become its unique calling card—bridges.

Big and small, old and new, drawbridges and fixed bridges, steel and wooden ones. It seems that Petersburg has absorbed every possible variety of these architectural monuments. Indeed—each bridge in the northern capital is a unique work of art.

With this audiobook, you’ll dive into the history of Saint Petersburg through its bridges, which rightly deserve to be called “the precious necklaces of the Petersburg rivers.” Enjoy a journey through the city and its culture through the history of its legendary bridges!