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Palace embankment

And, leaning on the colonnades, Granite masses rise in an unshakable line of Palaces Above the darkened Neva!.. N. Agnivtsev.

Location: left bank of the Neva, from Troitsky to Palace Bridge

Palace Embankment, one of the most picturesque in St. Petersburg, is located on the left bank of the Neva, between Kutuzovskaya and Admiralteyskaya embankments. It crosses Suvorovskaya Square and is connected by the Palace Bridge to Vasilyevsky Island, and by the Troitsky Bridge to the Petrograd Side. The ensemble of the Palace Embankment includes outstanding in their artistic value architectural structures: Winter Palace, Small and Old Hermitages, Hermitage Theatre, Marble Palace, House of Scientists and other buildings.

Soon after the founding of St. Petersburg, in 1715, the general scheme of the Palace Embankment was outlined. In those days, it was called Upper, and retained this name until the end of the 18th century. In 1754-1762, according to the project of the architect Rastrelli, the Winter Palace was erected, which became the royal residence. It was he who gave the name to the Palace Square, Palace Embankment, Palace Passage and Palace Bridge located next to it. During the heyday of Soviet power, when it became a good tradition to rename streets and avenues, naming them in honor of prominent figures and memorable dates of the revolution, Palace Embankment turned into the Ninth of January Embankment. However, already in 1944, the original name was returned, and has remained unchanged since then.

In the middle of the 18th century, the Palace Embankment was faced with granite, it was complemented by picturesque descents to the water, made by the master G. Nasonov according to the project of the architect I. Rossi. In the 19th century, at the place where the entrance to the Palace Bridge is located today, there was a pier decorated with bronze sculptures of lions (sculptor - I. Prokofiev) and porphyry vases. In 1873 they were moved to the Admiralty Embankment.

On the Palace Embankment is the former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, designed by the architect A. Rezanov in the style of a Florentine palazzo. Today it houses the House of Scientists (Palace Embankment, 26). House No. 20 belonged to I. Moshkov, Peter I's quartermaster. The old walls of the building are preserved under late plaster. House number 18 was built in the middle of the 19th century by the architect Stackenschneider for Grand Duke Mikhail. There is no stylistic unity in the development of the Palace Embankment, but its appearance gives the impression of harmony, balance and architectural integrity.

History reference

1715 - Creation of the embankment. 1754-1762 - erection of the building of the Winter Palace, which gave the name of the embankment. 1763-1767 - the embankment is lined with granite, slopes to the water are built. 1763-1766 - construction of the Hermitage Bridge across the Winter Canal. 1767-1768 - construction of the Verkhne-Lebyazhy bridge over the Lebyazhy Canal. Legends and myths

There are several palaces on the Palace Embankment, including the official royal residence, so it is not surprising that many legends about the palaces themselves and their owners are associated with this place in St. Petersburg. For example, among the employees of the Hermitage there is a legend about the last owner of the Winter Palace - Emperor Nicholas II. It is said that in the evenings the ghost of the martyr tsar appears in the galleries of the Hermitage, sadly looking around his former possessions.

Palace embankment is practically the same age as St. Petersburg. In 1705, on the then swampy river banks, the house of one of the founders of the Army Fleet, Admiral General Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin, was built. Later, Anna Ioannovna settled in this house. Like the embankment itself, originally called the Upper, the mansion was wooden. According to it, during the period of active development, the so-called “red line” was determined for the entire street.

In 1712, the Wedding Chambers of Peter I were erected, next to them the houses of the emperor's close associates gradually grew. Four years later, the personal residence of the tsar, the Winter Palace of Peter, was erected here (today it has been preserved only partially and is located in the building of the Hermitage Theater). And in the years 1710-1714 in the Summer Garden, the construction of the palace of the same name was underway according to the project of Domenico Trezzini, the founder of the European school in domestic architecture. This building has come down to us almost unchanged and is now a branch of the Russian Museum.

The central quarters gradually turned into the realm of "stone chambers", but only in the middle of the 18th century, when piles were installed along the shallow water of the river and additionally strengthened the coast with earth, it became possible to build a renovated embankment. It was from Dvortsovaya that the history of the stone streets of the city began; it was the first to be dressed in granite slabs in accordance with the plan of the architect Yuri Felten. At the same time, the first stairs-berths appeared. After the construction of the Winter Palace according to the project of Bartolomeo Rastrelli was completed, its modern name was assigned to the embankment.

However, half a century later, the appearance of the street was not at all ceremonial - piles of building materials intended for the construction of the General Staff were piled between the barns and sheds. By order of Nicholas I, another architect with Italian roots, Carl Rossi, developed a reconstruction project. The descent to the Neva was decorated with bronze sculptures of lions and vases of polished porphyry. The latter were a gift to the Russian Emperor from the King of Sweden Charles XIV. In 1873, both of them were moved to the Admiralteyskaya embankment, where they are still located.

Since its inception, the street has had different names: Cash or Stone Line, Upper or Millionnaya Embankment, Embankment of the Ninth of January. Since 1944, the name Palace Embankment has been officially fixed.

Attractions Palace Embankment

Palace embankment is included in the list cultural heritage Russian Federation. Due to the fact that the construction continued for more than one decade, it cannot be said that the buildings standing here are made in a single architectural style, each era had its own dominant. Initially, the tone was set by the summer and winter residences of the first Russian emperor, built in the spirit of the Petrine baroque. Then came the turn of the monumental Rococo. Guests of the city can see the heritage of these styles in the facades of the Winter Palace and the Great Hermitage. But in its original form, most of the monuments of the 18th century were not preserved and were either completely demolished, like the wooden Opera House, on the site of which Betsky's mansion is now located, or significantly altered in subsequent years, like the Cantemir Palace, which, through the efforts of several architects, turned into Gromov's house.

But there are still quite a few examples of classicism on Palace Embankment today: the Hermitage Theater, which absorbed the Winter Palace of Peter I, the Marble Palace - the first St. Petersburg building completely lined with natural stone, the Saltykov House with partially preserved interiors, the Betsky House already mentioned above, the Small Hermitage.

Gromov's mansion and the Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace represent architectural eclecticism, since with numerous alterations initiated by the heirs or new owners, the architects to a greater or lesser extent retained the features of the original buildings. A separate line is worth mentioning the former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, where the House of Scientists is now located. It was designed in the second half of the 19th century by Alexander Rezanov, the first chairman of the St. Petersburg Society of Architects, in the style of a Florentine palazzo.

Interestingly, despite the heterogeneity of buildings, Palace Embankment in St. Petersburg looks harmonious and architecturally integral.

How to get there

There are piers for motor ships on the Palace Embankment. Nearby there are stops along the route of several buses and trolleybuses at once. The nearest metro station is Admiralteyskaya, but in the warm season it will not be difficult to walk from the Nevsky Prospekt and Gostiny Dvor stations.

Palace Embankment- This is the Neva embankment in St. Petersburg.

Palace embankment is located on the left bank of the Neva and runs from the Kutuzov embankment to the Admiralteyskaya embankment. The length of the embankment is 1300 meters.

History of the Palace Embankment

The embankment of the Neva was planned shortly after the founding of the city, in 1715. In those days it was called Upper.

AT different time the embankment was called by different names: Cash Line, Embankment Upper Stone Line, Millionnaya. Sometimes it was called Postal because the Post Yard was located here. After the Winter Palace was built here in 1762, the embankment became officially known as the Palace Embankment. In Soviet times, the embankment was called the Ninth of January for a long time, but in 1944 the old name was returned to it.

Until the middle of the 18th century, all the embankments were wooden, and Dvortsovaya became the first stone street. During the reconstruction, it was supplemented by picturesque descents to the water, made by the master G. Nasonov according to the project of the architect I. Rossi.

Attractions on the Palace Embankment

• laundry bridge
• Summer garden
• Upper Swan Bridge
• House of Betsky
• Saltykov House
• marble palace
• Gromov's mansion (Ratkov-Rozhnov)
• Profitable house of Zherebtsova
• Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace
• Palace of Vladimir Alexandrovich
• Spare house of the Winter Palace
• Hermitage Theater
• Hermitage bridge
• Big Hermitage
• Small Hermitage
• Winter Palace
• Garden of the Winter Palace

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Palace Embankment- one of the most famous streets. It stretches along the left bank of the Neva River from to. It is a continuation, and after it begins.

There are many architectural monuments and attractions on the Palace Embankment:

• house number 2 - Palace of the Prince of Oldenburg
• house number 4 - House of Count Saltykov
• house number 8 - Cantemir Palace
• house number 10 - Gagarin's Mansion
• house number 12 - Saltykova's house
• house number 16 - Ushakov's Mansion
• house number 18 - Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace
• house number 20 - Moshkov House
• house number 22 - Chertkov's Mansion
• house number 24 - Trofimov's Mansion
• house number 26 - Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
• house number 28 - Spare house of the palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich
• Upper Swan Bridge
• Sculpture "The First Horsewoman"
• Monument to Emperor Alexander III

Palace Embankment(Based on the materials of the book “St. Petersburg and suburbs: A guide to cultural and historical monuments / Yu.G. Ivanov, O.Yu. Ivanova, R.A. Khalkhatov. - Smolensk: Rusich, 2010. - 336 p.: ill. - (Memorable places of Russia)"):

In 1763, after the completion of the construction of the next one, the creation of a granite embankment began. For four years, under the guidance of master T. Nasonov, the capital (now Palace) embankment, 1.6 km long, was laid out of granite blocks in front of the palace. Above the retaining wall, set with a slight slope, a rounded sidewalk cornice slightly overhangs. The parapet is made of massive blocks with rounded edges. Rhythmically repeating seven semicircular staircases, the Hermitage horse descent, as well as humpbacked stone bridges across the sources, the Red Canal, and the Fontanka completed the creation of the architectural and artistic appearance of the city's front embankment. Stretching on the left bank of the Neva from to the bridge, Palace Embankment stood without major repairs for almost two centuries and served as a model for the creation of other St. Petersburg embankments.

The appearance of the embankment is formed by buildings outstanding in their artistic value, and, as well as former palaces and mansions of nobility. From here you have a wonderful view of the wide expanses of the Neva, and.

Palace Embankment(Based on the book "Historical quarters of St. Petersburg / A.G. Vladimirovich, A.D. Erofeev. - M .: AST, 2014. - 544 p."):

This name is familiar and dear to every Petersburger. Today it is even hard to imagine that the embankment could bear any other names besides this one. Meanwhile, it first appeared in 1776, when the current architectural miracle of Francesco Bartolomeo (or, as he was called in Russian, Bartholomew Varfolomeevich) Rastrelli already existed.

Initially, since 1737, the embankment was called the Cash Line, which was typical for the front, front streets of the city. On April 20, 1738, Empress Anna Ioannovna, at the suggestion of the Commission on the St. Petersburg building, gave it the name Upper Embankment Street. This was due to the fact that the street was located upstream of the Neva with respect to the Lower Embankment Street (modern).

The name was used until the middle of the 18th century. In parallel, there were options: Upper Embankment Line, Embankment Upper Stone Line, Upper Embankment of the Neva River Line, Embankment of the Neva River Line, or simply Embankment Line, Embankment Street, Nevskaya Embankment or Upper Embankment.

But this is far from all the names. In the second half of the 18th century, the definition "Million" was stuck to the embankment - along the parallel one. Accordingly, the embankment was Millionnaya Embankment Street, Millionnaya Embankment line, Millionnaya or Big Millionnaya embankment. The last two options were used in parallel with the Palace Embankment until the mid-1790s.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the embankment was called Bolshoy and Bolshaya Dvortsovaya, and the name Palace Embankment Street was used until 1822. After that, the modern name was finally fixed behind the embankment. For 101 years. For on October 6, 1923, it was renamed the Embankment of the Ninth of January (1905). Moreover, the year was taken in brackets, therefore, when using this name, it was often omitted.

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Palace embankment can be called one of the most beautiful and famous embankments in St. Petersburg. It is here that the world-famous sights of the Northern capital are located: the Hermitage, the Winter Palace, the Russian Museum, the House of Scientists and many others. This street offers a great view of the Strelka. Vasilyevsky Island and the Peter and Paul Fortress. The Palace Embankment is located on the left bank of the Neva from the Kutuzov Embankment to the Admiralteyskaya Embankment. Its length is 1300 meters.

The world-famous sights of the northern capital are located on the Palace Embankment: the Hermitage, the Winter Palace, the Russian Museum, the House of Scientists and many others. This street offers a great view of the Spit of Vasilevsky Island and the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The palace embankment began to be built up quite early - at the very beginning of the 18th century. The architectural tone of the buildings was set by the summer and winter residences of Peter I. People close to the tsar also began to build their houses on this land. In 1705, the first wooden house of General Admiral Fyodor Apraksin appeared. The building determined the red line of the street, and all other buildings began to be erected according to this line.

Palace embankment

The Palace Embankment had many names: Cash Line, Embankment Upper Stone Line, Millionnaya. It was often called Postal due to the fact that the Post Yard was located here. In 1762, the architect Rastrelli built here the royal residence - the Winter Palace. After that, the embankment, the square and the bridge, located nearby, began to be called palace. Already under Soviet rule, the street was renamed the Embankment of the Ninth of January. But in 1944, the old name was returned to her.

To transport the main part of the Alexander Column, which weighs 600 tons, they used a special pier on the Palace Embankment. Engineer Glasin has developed a special boat capable of lifting loads up to 1100 tons. In order to unload the monolith, they even built a new pier.

Gradually, the embankment became better and better: it was dressed in granite and made comfortable slopes to the river. By the way, until the middle of the 18th century, all St. Petersburg embankments were wooden. The Palace Embankment became the first stone street. Nevertheless, in the 20s of the 19th century, the area around the Winter Palace remained unkempt. The construction of the General Staff building was planned here, and therefore working materials, piles of sand and boards were everywhere, as well as all kinds of warehouses and barns. Nicholas I instructed the architect Carl Rossi to put this place in order. Rossi developed a project for a beautiful descent to the Neva, decorated with Dioscuri sculptures and lions. But the emperor was not impressed by the sculptures of young men holding back horses, so they were replaced with porphyry vases. Subsequently, in connection with the construction of the Palace Bridge, the pier with lions was moved to the Admiralteyskaya embankment.

Palace Embankment has always been famous for the fact that famous and influential people lived here: the Romanov dynasty, the poet Ivan Krylov, Count Sergei Witte.