This is one of the finest bridges in St. Petersburg and a symbol of rapprochement between France and Russia. The first stone was laid in 1897 in the presence of French President Félix Faure and Tsar Nicholas II. Composed of six metallic arches, Trinity Bridge is rather reminiscent of another famous bridge, the Alexandre-III Bridge inaugurated in 1900, and whose first stone was laid by Nicholas II. It was all quite natural since the bridges were built by the same company!