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Italian Wall

The “Italian” Retaining Wall (102th km) is one of the most beautiful places on the Circum-Baikal Railway. It was named in honor of the incredible arches that resemble the Italian architecture. This structure was developed by an immigrant from Italy named Ferrari. The Bolshaya Shumikhinskaya gallery is located on the same part of the railroad. It was built to protect the road from rockfalls.

There are several Italian walls on the Baikal railway - there are 92 and 123 kilometers of roads. According to the tradition of the beginning of the 20th century, such walls were built in the form of beautiful high arches that resemble alpine bridges. Here, on 101-103 km of the railway, you can see two bridges over the Bolshaya and Malaya Shumikha rivers and other engineering structures.