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  • Academy of Arts Embankment

    Konstantin Thon designed the embankment and landing wharf in front of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1832–34). The embankment is decorated with Ancient Egyptian sphinxes, which have the face of Pharao...

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  • Resurrection Embankment

    The Resurrection Embankment was laid from the Liteiny Bridge to the Smolny Cathedral (1853–56). Built upon (second half of 19th century). Lined with granite (1853–56).

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  • Palace Embankment

    Laid from Palace Passageway to the River Fontanka (1715). Called Upper Embankment Street and Millionnaya Embankment (1740s–90s). Lined with granite (1763–67). Stretch before the Winter Palace was reb...

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  • Gagarin Embankment

    Part of Palace Embankment between the River Fontanka and the Liteiny Bridge. Named after the Gagarin Wharf, a hemp warehouse on the right bank of the River Neva on the Petersburg Side (1860s). Rename...

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  • English Embankment

    Running along the left bank of the River Neva between the Admiralty and the New Admiralty Canal, the English Embankment was originally called Lower Embankment Street (1738), St Isaac’s or Galernaya (...

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  • Admiralty Embankment

    Laid from Palace Bridge to the Senate on the former territory of the Admiralty Shipyard. Engineer Andrei Gotman included the Palace and Peter Landing Wharves opposite the eastern and western Admiralt...

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