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RE: Anichkov Bridge - Art, Architecture, & History in One
I love how the statues were taken down and buried during the siege.
That ornate building in the second photo is something else--I'm trying to figure out why there's a torso popping out of the wall on the first floor and then just a face blooming out of the carving on the next floor up. It's really unnerving because it looks like the head was snatched off the torso and floated up there and the torso arms are writhing upward like "my head! it's gone!"
Not my most intelligent comment ever, but I notice weird details sometimes😜
Someone got into the special cider I think. lol I will take a look and tell about the buildings in the area. There are a couple palaces.
Not a drop! But when I'm drop dead exhausted, the dumbest stuff becomes the most hilarious :)
I do wonder about the upkeep on a building like that. I always lament that modern buildings are so boring on the skyline compared to such "pretty" old fashioned ones, but in a practical sense I can appreciate that the streamlined no frills look is cheaper to build and then maintain through the years. Still...