View of the stone bridge from the side of the water tower

The artist is Delabart

The large stone bridge across the Moscow River began to be built in 1687 and was completed five years later. He was the first and long time the only stone bridge connecting the Kremlin and the White City with Zamoskvorech. The bridge, which makes up the main topic in the work of Delabart, had more than a hundred meters long, its width allowed to trade, arrange folk festivities, processions.

In the foreground is a wooden bridge over the Neglinka River, on the river-a Portomonia, water carriers with barrels.

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