Griffins on the University embankment in St. Petersburg

Four griffins are located on the sides of the granite pier of Universitetskaya embankment (St. Petersburg) on ​​the Neva River almost at the very water, opposite the building of the Academy of Arts, neighboring another symbol of the city – the  Sphinxes. The figures of griffins were cast in bronze according to the models of P. P. Godet in 1834.

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