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      🌅 Winter Canal

      A short canal between the Moika and the Neva with an arched passage between Hermitage buildings over the water.

      Winter Canal
      © Александр Байдуков · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Winter Canal
      © Никонико962 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The canal was dug in 1718–1719 under the contractor Vasily Ozerov.
      • The Winter Canal is only 228 m long and about 20 m wide; it is one of the shortest canals in the city.
      • The embankments were clad in granite in 1782–1784, and the railings were made to a design by Ivan Dunker.
      • According to legend, Catherine II held a feast in the gallery above the arch to prove it was sturdy; historians consider this an anecdote.
      • In Tchaikovsky's opera The Queen of Spades, Liza throws herself into the Winter Canal.

      Part of these routes

      • Atlantes, Winter Canal and Millionnaya
      • Atlantes and Millionnaya: the long walk
      • Palace and English Embankments in lights
      • The Atlantes, the Winter Canal and Millionnaya
      • The Winter Canal, Palace Square and Dinner at Gogol

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