Marble Bridge

Marble Bridge, with the Chesme Column seen in the distance

Marble Bridge as seen in 2011

The Siberian Marble Gallery^[1] between Swan Islands — an artificial archipelago of seven islets in the landscape park of Tsarskoe Selo — spans a rivulet flowing between several ponds. The bridge was modelled after the Palladian Bridge (1736) in the park of Wilton House and served as a showcase for the Ural marbles. All the details of the bridge — including the granite Ionic colonnade — were produced in Yekaterinburg, transported to Tsarskoe Selo and then assembled in the workshop of Vincenzo Tortori in 1774.^[2] It is probably called Siberian due to its construction with marble from the Urals.^[2]

The bridge has been repeatedly vandalised (on a small scale) despite the fact that after renovation in the late twentieth century it was fenced off from public access and equipped with a burglar alarm.

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↑ "Палладиев мост в Санкт-Петербурге". Petergid.ru. 2011-11-27. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
1 2 "Мраморный (Палладиев) мост | Парки". Pushkin.ru. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

Showplaces in Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo

Other parks of Tsarskoye Selo: Alexander Park Babolovsky Park Buferniy Park Fermersky Park Otdelniy Park

Formal garden

Buildings	Catherine Palace Cameron Gallery Amber Room Palace Cruch Zubovskiy Corpse Agate rooms Grotto Top Bath Down Bath

Parklands	Hanging Gardens Rock-garden

Water gardens	Pond Pond at the top bath Cascades Canal Large Pond The Swan Fountainlet

Landscape garden

Pavilions	Hermitage Back regions of Hermitage Admiralty Pavilion on island Turkish bath Pyramid Ruin Tower Concert Hall Evening Hall Ruin Back regions Creaking arbour Pink Watchhouse Big Caprice Small Caprice

Buildings	To Kind my colleagues Gate Orlovsky Gate Gothic Gate Moreiskaya Column Chesme Column Kagul Obelisk Granite bridge Marble Bridge Сross-slide bridge Milestone Granite terrace Terrace-Colonnade Galatea Statue Sculptures of lions

Water gardens	Rope Ferry Large Pond Small pond with islands Long Pond Girl with a jug fountain Red Cascade Lake Chinese Canal

Parklands	Triangle square Ramp avenue Own garden

Other cocktail belt museums: Gatchina Pavlovsk Palace Petrodvorets

Coordinates: 59°42′37.0″N 30°23′20.5″E / 59.710278°N 30.389028°E / 59.710278; 30.389028

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