Griboyedov Canal

The Griboyedov Canal (Russian Канал Грибоедова ) was built in 1739 under the name Catherine channel. It follows the course of the river Kriwuscha and today is the middle of three main channels through the center of Saint Petersburg. It was named in 1923 after the writer and diplomat Alexander Griboyedov, who lived from 1816 to 1818 in one of the houses on the canal.

The channel is five kilometers long, 32 meters wide and connects the Moika near the Mars field (position of Kanalbeginns59.9414930.328746Koordinaten: 59 ° 56 ' 29.4 "N, 30 ° 19' 43.5 " E ) with the Fontanka near its confluence with the River Neva (position of Kanalendes59.91668230.281099 ). The Griboyedov Canal spanning 21 some of them very elaborate bridges. In addition to the very narrow footbridges gripping and lion bridge and narrow road bridges such as the Italian bridge there are also more complex and broader structures, such as the location at the beginning of the channel on the Blood Church Theatre bridge or the 95 -meter-wide Kazan bridge in height of the Nevsky Prospect.