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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 rebuilt (1772–73).
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