Everything that I wanted to say about the history of urban planning in St. Petersburg, I said in the previous post. I myself am more and more inclined to think that this city was not built from scratch among the swamps and branches of the Neva delta. Many artifacts lead to one simple idea, this city was rebuilt after some kind of cataclysm. As a result of a war with the use of nuclear weapons or the eruption of a large volcano or some major (worldwide?) Flood, the city was buried under a layer of earth.
This is just one of the conspiracy or alternative history versions. But this version exists, as well as there are facts confirming it. For example, such as the windows of the first floors of many buildings sticking out of the ground, the foundations of buildings that are several meters below the ground level.
Someone is trying to explain this by the growth of the so-called cultural layer. For 100 years, the cultural layer of St. Petersburg has practically not grown. Unless in some places a new road surface was laid on top of the old one. And the city, according to the official version, is a little over 300 years old. And the first floors during this time turned into basements. Something doesn't fit here.
By the way, from the Bible and other sources we all know about the Flood. In fact, the flood might not have been worldwide, but of a huge scale. And there could be several reasons for the flood, including a man-made one. Perhaps in some places of the earth there were streams of water and mud like mountain mudflows.
Let me remind you once again of the picture in which we finished our last walk through the historic center of the city. And once again I ask you to pay attention to this too low arch and windows, half sticking out of the ground. I don’t think that this was the idea of the architects who created such a beautiful city.
If we go under this arch, then we will find ourselves in the courtyards. In the days of my youth, we went to the bathhouse "on the Lanterns". It was located on Fonarny Lane, which borders this large house or even a group of houses on the other side. Inside was an old red brick building, which was built on a natural source of water and served as a bathhouse since the official founding of the city. But one day a fire broke out inside the building. the bathhouse was closed at first for repairs, and then it simply ceased to exist. Someone says that the bathhouse is still being restored, but it looks like the creation of some kind of entertainment center. The red brick in the first photo is just part of that building.
The two places in these photos are opposite each other. Such a sweet neighborhood.
One of its facades, the former bathhouse overlooked the Moika River, and now we also went to it. Beautiful views open up here and the goal of our walk is already close - the island of New Holland.
Now you see it on the right in the photo.
A little further ahead and we see the majestic gate that leads to the inner harbor of the island. The gate is high enough to allow a small sailing ship to pass.
Perhaps I should stop at this place so as not to blur the impression of this miracle of architecture. I am ready to stand here for hours and admire this creation of human hands. There is something mystical about them. I would not be surprised if in fact this gate is a portal to a parallel world.
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| Camera | Sony A57 |
| Lens | 35 1,4G |
| Location | Russia |
| Post-production | in LR |
Manual processing in Lightroom
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