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🌅 Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island (the Spit)

The Rostral Columns and a view of the Neva

Until 1885 Petersburg's seaport worked on the Spit, then it was moved to Gutuevsky Island.
The 32-metre Rostral Columns were put up by Thomas de Thomon in 1805–1810; until 1885 they served as lighthouses.
The columns' name comes from the Latin rostrum, “ship's prow”: they are decorated with metal ship prows and anchors.
The version that the figures at the base of the columns are the Volkhov, Neva, Dnieper and Volga is recent and not confirmed by documents.
The Exchange building, shaped like an ancient temple, opened in 1816; since 2013 it has been handed over to the Hermitage.
From 1937 to 1989 the square on the Spit was called Pushkin Square.

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