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Univesitetskaya naberezhnaya, Saint-Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург), Russia

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These two sphinxes of Thebes, 3,500 years old, no longer contemplate the Nile but the Neva. Studied by Champollion and acquired by the Tsar in 1830, they now watch over the Academy of Fine Arts. For the anecdote, they had to decorate the banks of the Seine because Charles X had acquired them a few weeks before being deposed during the revolution of July 1830. So it was Nicolas I who pulled the chestnuts out of the fire and took advantage of the political unrest to buy the two chimeras from France.

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faitmaison2

Visited in july 2019

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arrêt photo pittoresque

De belles photos à faire de ces deux sphinx issus de l'Égypte ancienne qui nous font remonter à une lointaine époque. Situés sur les bords de la Neva d'où partent des balades en canaux.

bouli54

Visited in february 2019

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L'Egypte au bord de la Neva ...

Sur les quais de la Neva, 2 Sphinx se font face, égarés loin de leur désert.
La nuit, le spectacle est superbe avec de l'autre côté du fleuve, les palais illuminés de la ville.
Surprenant et attirant.