Rostral Column Base
Rostral Columns. Installed in 1811. The Doric columns were lighthouses at the tip of Vasilyevsky Island to mark the split of the Neva into two channels, the the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva.
At the base of the columns are statues of four allegorical figures representing four of Russia's major rivers - the Volga and Dnieper at the northern column, and the Neva and Volkhov at the southern column.
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Rostral Column Base
Rostral Columns. Installed in 1811. The Doric columns were lighthouses at the tip of Vasilyevsky Island to mark the split of the Neva into two channels, the the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva.
At the base of the columns are statues of four allegorical figures representing four of Russia's major rivers - the Volga and Dnieper at the northern column, and the Neva and Volkhov at the southern column.
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