Deer Bridge (Pavlovsk Park)

The Deer Bridge is a pedestrian metal arch crossing from the second half of the 19th century, spanning the channel between the Central and Middle Rosy Pavilion Ponds in Pavlovsk Park. It stands on four abutments made of Pudozh limestone with rectangular stone pedestals, on which paired zinc sculptures of deer, cast in Berlin in 1872, were originally placed. These figures, purchased for Pavlovsk Park by Grand Duke Nikolai Konstantinovich, were lost in the pre-war years. The Rosy Pavilion Ponds connected by the bridge appeared in 1803 according to the design of P. Gonzaga, and the first crossing at this location was wooden and was named Rosy.