This mermaid figure, on the prow of a boat, sits at the base of one of the Rostral Columns that flank the Naval Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, The columns were built in 1810 as lighthouses and the gas torches at the top are still lit for special occasions. Alan Wylie/ALAMY ©


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