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St Panteleimonos Bridge
Chain bridge built by engineers Wilhelm von Traitteur and Vasily Khristianovich across the River Fontanka (1823–24). Gilded Egyptian ornamentation decorated the iron portals on the approaches. Named after the nearby Church of St Panteleimonos. Dismantled (1907).
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