Admiralty embankment in St. Petersburg (despite its very modest size - only 414 meters) is very popular with tourists and local residents. It stretches from the crossroads of Palace Passage with Dvortsovaya Embankment and Palace Bridge and to the Senate Square. On this street in the center of St. Petersburg there are only eight houses
It was here that in 1704 the Admiralty building was laid, which later influenced the name of the street. The first prerequisites for the appearance of the embankment appeared much later: only in 1844, after all the shipbuilding work was moved to another place - the harbor harbor. Prior to this, no special value of the street did not represent. On the contrary, because of the channels for the descent of ships, ditches and earthen ramparts, she spoiled the whole view in the center of the city.
In 1832, at the Palace pier, sculptures of lions and decorative porphyry vases made in Sweden . Today local guides and local historians believe that these are the most popular lions of St. Petersburg . In 1873 the construction of the Admiralty embankment began, and a year later it was solemnly opened . It is interesting that 365 thousand rubles were allocated for the arrangement of the street . At first it was assumed that all the buildings on the quay b but plots of land were not bought up, since wealthy people did not want to live in the same houses, and the townspeople simply did not have the opportunity to build housing in the center of St. Petersburg . That is why in 1878 at the Admiralty Embankment it was allowed to build any buildings, but their height should not exceed 23.5 m . And in the end the street became very famous: there were influential officials, bankers, writers and artists .
Almost all the buildings on the Admiralteiskaya Embankment have their historical value . At the house No. 4 the Panayev Theater was located, where for the first time before St. Petersburg Fyodor Shalyapin . Alas, in 1917 the house burned down and in the middle of the 20th century the school was built on this place . The house number 8 belonged to the Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich, and years later the main trade department of Leningrad was located . Now an hour s building is occupied by an insurance company, and the main halls were restored and are open to visitors . The apartment house Rukavishnikova (№ 10), lived for some time composer Tchaikovsky .
Many residents of the Northern Capital believe that the Admiralty Quay has some magical properties. For example, if you have something not going well or just a bad mood, a walk along the embankment will help bring your thoughts in order and give you energy.Address: Admiralteiskaya embankment, St. Petersburg
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| Admiralteiskaya Embankment |
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| Dvortsovaya pier |
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| View of the Admiralty building |
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