Stone Bridge (Estonia)

Stone Bridge (Estonian: Kivisild) was a bridge in Tartu, Estonia.[1] Nowadays, on the same place is located Kaarsild.

Stone Bridge ca 1880

The bridge was opened on 16 September 1784. The bridge was built by command given by the empress Catherine II of Russia.[1]

The bridge was destroyed during WW II in 1941.[2]

References
  1. "Kivisild". Tartu linn (in Estonian). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "Hüvasti, Kivisild! Igaveseks?". Tartu Postimees (in Estonian). 16 November 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2020.

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