🌅 Luzhkov Bridge and the “Love Trees”

через Водоотводный канал, от Болотной наб. к Кадашёвской

A pedestrian bridge over the Vodootvodny Canal with metal trees for “wedding” padlocks.

Officially the bridge is called Tretyakovsky, as it is part of the Tretyakov Gallery ensemble; it is also nicknamed the “Kissing Bridge”.
The unofficial name comes from Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, although the official version traces it to Tsaritsyn Meadow, the old name of Bolotnaya Square.
The bridge opened in mid-1994; Zurab Tsereteli drew the railing with medallions and the lamps from his own sketches.
Moscow's first “love tree” for padlocks appeared here in April 2007, and six months later there was no room left, so two more were added.
On one side the bridge leads to the Ilya Repin monument on Bolotnaya Square, on the other to Lavrushinsky Lane.

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