2: View of the Winter Canal

Along the eastern facade of the New Hermitage, constructed in 1842-51 to the design of the architect Leo von Klenze specially for the collections of art, flow the waters of the Winter Canal framed with a wrought-iron railing. The canal connects the Moika River with the Neva. The double arch of the passage gallery over the Winter Canal and of the bridge on Palace Embankment framing the view of the Peter and Paul Fortress across the river produces a charming impression of the oval reflected in the water.