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Another continuation with a selection of interesting observations in the buildings and architecture of St. Petersburg.
Molvinskaya column on the street. Liflyandskaya / pr. Kalinin, St. Petersburg. At the entrance to the Yekateringofsky park. Here, too, A. Montferrand applied his influence. At the base of the column there is a rectangular recess, and inside there is a metal rod:
The iron bar comes straight out of the granite. It is probably hammered into the hole and attached to the mortar. But for what purpose is it needed inside? And why was it necessary to carve this rectangular groove in the granite?
Promotional video:
Column on the back. Another notch was made in the middle - something was clearly attached, tk. holes are visible inside (for fasteners?). But why do the notch too? Well, they would have screwed the columns to the surface without this extra work … And why would anyone need to remove what was installed?
There is also a rectangular notch in the top of the column. Maybe something was also installed? Some researchers argue that such recesses at the edges of the columns were made for fixing workpieces in huge granite processing or grinding machines. The remains of such machines have survived in our time, although in the USA:
Machine tool 1881 and the processing of a column in an old photograph in Indiana. Perhaps a key from the machine was inserted into the groove and this allowed the column to be rotated, prevented it from turning during processing. It would be interesting to look at the cutting part of this machine. The last slide shows a modern machine for making such columns. So it was quite realistic to make such columns in the middle of the 18th century. from a steam-powered drive.
Similar notches were made in the columns of St. Isaac's Cathedral. They were covered with granite patches. On the last slides, one of the observant researchers noticed that circular furrows are visible on the columns of Isaac. And it was reported that the column can be composite and plastered under granite. But it is also possible that they could have been left behind while polishing the column.
In the Yekateringof Park there is also such a product on a pedestal:
Also made explicitly on the machine - because it is a rotation figure. But why do historians assert that this is all handcrafted by craftsmen like Samson Sukhanov? Only on the basis that the fact of machining is not indicated anywhere in Montferrand? Or maybe he didn't want it? Took payment at the rates for manual labor, and did everything on machines that hid and did not advertise this manufacturing process?
Gatchina Palace. Chesme gallery. The palace was restored after the war. But it is possible that the interior has been reconstructed earlier. And under a thick layer of plaster, reaching up to 15 cm in places, an antique ornament is hidden.
Probably, the reenactors did not begin to restore the entire original appearance of this part of the interior, simplified their task and plastered the wall according to their own project. It is also interesting: why was this antique style relevant in St. Petersburg during the construction period? Why is there nothing like this in Moscow? In other large cities of that Russia?
Another interesting example:
One of the houses in St. Petersburg on Goncharnaya street. Granite blocks mounted on rubble stone. But why do this outside the foundation of the house? The house is also on the same blocks. On top of the blocks of the same color, granite fences from granite of a different shade are installed. The impression is that these were antiquities, the foundation of some kind of structure. It was dug out, but they built (restored) a brick house only on a part of the foundation.
The floors in the basement of St. Isaac's Cathedral.
The floors look like they are thousands of years old. Caverns and erosion are visible in the granite. The condition is such that crowds of thousands walked on them. Oh, this is a basement! There have never been so many people here.
Many blocks have cracked - have multi-ton blocks been dropped on them? After all, they should have been laid after the construction of the cathedral. Could it be that the cathedral was destroyed? After the city rose from the water (see the video below for more on this). Heavy blocks fell onto these floors and shattered them.
Wall blocks are also eroded. Was the basement damp until recently? Or were the walls in the water? Do not you understand where I am leading? The fact is that for a long time among alternative researchers there has been a version that the city of Peter I did not begin to build - he began to restore it after the city rose, emerged from the water along with the raising of the Baltic shield or the departure of the sea. Previously, port cities like Narva, Ivangorod, Koporye were located on the seashore. And now the sea is 12-14 km from them. The Chairman showed this fact well in his video:
Continued: Part 6
Author: sibved