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Palace Embankment is practically the same age as Petersburg. In 1705, on the then still swampy river banks, the house of one of the founders of the Army Fleet, General Admiral Fyodor Matveyevich Apraksin, was built. Later, it was in this house that Anna Ioannovna settled. Like the embankment itself, originally called the Upper, the mansion was made of wood. During the period of active development, the so-called "red line" was defined for the entire street.
In 1712, the Wedding Chambers of Peter I were erected, next to them, the houses of the emperor's entourage gradually grew. Four years later, the personal residence of the tsar was erected here - the Winter Palace of Peter (today it is only partially preserved and is located in the building of the Hermitage Theater). And in 1710-1714, the construction of the palace of the same name was underway in the Summer Garden, designed by Domenico Trezzini, the founder of the European school in Russian architecture. This building has come down to us in an almost unchanged form and is now a branch of the Russian Museum.
The central quarters gradually turned into a kingdom of "stone chambers", but only in the middle of the 18th century, when piles were installed in the shallow water of the river and additionally reinforced the bank with earth, it became possible to build a renovated embankment. It was with Dvortsovaya that the history of the city's stone streets 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 staircase moorings appeared. After the completion of the construction of the Winter Palace according to the project of Bartolomeo Rastrelli, its modern name was fixed behind the embankment.
However, half a century later appearance the street was not at all ceremonial - between the barns and sheds piled heaps of building materials intended for the construction of the General Staff. 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 polished porphyry vases. The latter became a gift to the Russian emperor from King Charles XIV of Sweden. In 1873, both of them were moved to the Admiralty Embankment, where they are still located.
Since its inception, the street has had different names: Nalichnaya or Kamennaya Line, Upper or Millionnaya Embankment, Ninth January Embankment. Since 1944, the name Palace Embankment has been officially confirmed.
Attractions of the Palace Embankment
Palace Embankment is included in the list Cultural heritage Russian Federation... Due to the fact that the construction lasted for more than one decade, it cannot be said that the buildings standing here are made in the same architectural style, each era had its own dominant. Initially, the summer and winter residences of the first Russian emperor, built in the spirit of Peter the Great Baroque, set the tone. Then came the turn of the monumental Rococo. The 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 did not survive and were either completely demolished, like the wooden Opera House, on the site of which the Betsky mansion is now located, or significantly altered in subsequent years, like the Cantemir Palace, which, through the efforts of several architects, turned into the Gromov's house.
But today there are many examples of classicism on the Palace Embankment: the Hermitage Theater, which swallowed up the Winter Palace of Peter I, the Marble Palace - the first St. Petersburg building completely faced with natural stone, the Saltykov house with partially preserved interiors, the Betsky house already mentioned above, the Small Hermitage.
The Gromov's mansion and the Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace represent architectural eclecticism, since during the 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 worth mentioning is the former palace of the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, where the House of Scientists is now located. In the second half of the 19th century, it was designed by the first chairman of the St. Petersburg Society of Architects, Alexander Rezanov, in the style of a Florentine palazzo.
It is interesting that for all the heterogeneity of the development, the Palace Embankment in St. Petersburg looks harmonious and architecturally integral.
How to get there
There are docks for motor ships on the Palace Embankment. Nearby there are stops along the route of several buses and trolley buses at once. The nearest metro station is "Admiralteyskaya", but in the warm season it will not be difficult to walk from the stations "Nevsky Prospekt" and "Gostiny Dvor".
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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 an excellent view of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island and 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 an excellent view of the Spit of Vasilievsky Island and the Peter and Paul Fortress.
They began to build up the Palace Embankment 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 king also began to build their houses on this land. In 1705, the first wooden house of General Admiral Fyodor Apraksin appeared. The building defined the red line of the street, and all other buildings began to be erected along this line.
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Palace Embankment had many names: Nalichnaya Line, Embankment Verkhnyaya Kamennaya Line, Millionnaya. It was often called the Post Office because the Postal Yard was located here. In 1762 the architect Rastrelli built a royal residence here - the Winter Palace. After that, the embankment, the square and the bridge located nearby were called palaces. Already under Soviet rule, the street was renamed the Ninth January Embankment. 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 bot capable of lifting loads up to 1,100 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 easy descents to the river. By the way, until the middle of the 18th century, all St. Petersburg embankments were made of wood. 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 Karl Rossi to put this place in order. Rossi designed a beautiful descent to the Neva, decorated with sculptures of the Dioscuri and lions. But the emperor was not impressed by the sculptures of young men holding back the 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, poet Ivan Krylov, Count Sergei Witte.
Palace Embankment was originally called the Upper Embankment. It was built in the depths of the plots, because at the beginning of the 18th century the swampy banks of the Neva had not yet been fortified. It passed in the middle of the block between Millionnaya Street and the Neva embankment. Due to the expansion of land plots, already in 1716 it was displaced to the north. In the shallow water of the river, piles were broken and an embankment that has survived to this day was built.
In April 1707, a decree was issued, according to which a strict regulation of the allocation of land plots for construction began. In this case, the priority was the official and property status of the applicants. The same decree established the size of land allotments. The narrow side of each allotment overlooked the side of the bank of the Neva. The plots were assigned only to persons related to the Admiralty Department.
Development of the modern Palace Embankment. What is on the left bank of the Neva began from the first years of the existence of St. Petersburg. In 1705, the first house that belonged to General-Admiral F.M. Apraksin, in 1707 the Kikin chambers were rebuilt. By the mid-1710s, work was underway to strengthen the coastline of the Neva on the site of the palace embankment. The banks were reinforced with wooden walls, and quays appeared along the embankment. Thus, it was possible to move the river bed at least eighty meters. In the thirties of the 18th century, instead of the Apraksin house, the Winter House was built for Empress Anna Ioannovna. Since the second half of the 18th century, the embankment has been called Millionnaya.
By the sixties, the one-millionth embankment was dressed in granite, and semicircular slopes to the Neva appeared here. But since the construction work of the architect Ignazio Rossi was carried out poorly, later the embankment had to be rebuilt according to the project of Yu.M. Felten. As a result, the bank of the Neva "moved back" by another twenty meters.
There was a Postal Yard on the embankment (on the site of the modern Marble Palace) because of what it was often called the Postal. In the sixties of the 18th century, the Hermitage Bridge and the Verkhne-Lebyazhy Bridge appeared, which connected the Palace Embankment with the Kutuzov Embankment.
By the end of the 18th century, a lot of interesting buildings had already appeared on the territory of the Palace Embankment in St. Petersburg. These are the buildings of the Hermitage, the Hermitage Theater, the Marble Palace, the Saltykovs' house, and many others. In the 19th century, the palaces of Novo-Mikhailovsky and the Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich, the service building of the Marble Palace were built here.
After 1917, the embankment became the embankment on January 9th.
Palace Embankment connects with Vasilievsky Island drawbridge Palace bridge, which appeared here at the beginning of the XX century. The embankment is connected with the Petrogradskaya side by the Troitsky bridge, erected here at the turn of the 19th - 20th centuries.
The bridge was built in 1856: the merchants needed a direct connection with the Exchange and Trade port... In the manufacture of the structure, the floating Isaakievsky bridge was used. Then it was modernized and named Dvortsov. The permanent bridge appeared in 1916, although it was conceived earlier. The construction was hampered by a variety of events: first - the flood, then - the First World War... In 1917, the bridge was renamed Republican, but in 1944 its original name was returned. Cast iron grates were installed only in 1939. In 2013, this architectural monument was reconstructed.
Palace bridgeThe garden owes its name to the fact that earlier it was here that the palace guard was raised. The garden was laid out in 1896 and separated the royal residence - the Winter Palace - from the roadway. The planning was carried out by the architect Nikolai Kramskoy, according to whose project the garden was raised about a meter above the street. A fountain and tree saplings appeared in it. The garden fence was made in the Rastrelli Baroque style: the leaf pattern was supplemented with the emblem of the imperial family and state emblem... In 1920, the fence was dismantled and installed in. In 2008, the original appearance of the fountain was restored. Now the garden is a great place to relax in the center. In summer you can hide from the sun, and in winter you can admire the colorful garlands decorating the tree branches.
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The main residence of the Russian emperors changed its appearance five times. Construction began under Peter I, and ended under Peter III. Bartolomeo Rastrelli gave the building a modern baroque look.
Many decisive events for the country took place in this place: here the revolutionary Stepan Khalturin tried to kill Emperor Alexander II, here a demonstration of workers was shot in 1905, a little later the Provisional Government, ousted by the Bolsheviks, sat in the palace. For 20 years in Winter palace there was a Museum of the Revolution, which was closed in 1941. Now the palace is the main building of the Hermitage, which stores many cultural and historical values and objects of art.
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The museum was built by Yuri Felten and Jean-Baptiste-Michel Wallen-Delamot in 1775. The miniature gallery is fraught with many famous exhibits: this is the Clock with a Peacock, and the Pavilion Hall, and Hanging garden... Initially, unique works of art acquired by Catherine II were exhibited here. Only a select few could see them - it is not for nothing that the word “hermitage” is translated as “a place of solitude”. It was only in 1852 that the Hermitage became available to the public.
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The museum was built in 1787 by the architect Yuri Felten. The building, built in the style of classicism, impresses with its interior: the rooms are painted with gilding, decorated with colored stones and skillful stucco molding. Nowadays it houses administrative premises and displays works of Italian painting of the 13th-18th centuries. Five years after the construction of the building, Raphael's loggias were added to the Great Hermitage, which contain copies of the artist's frescoes.
Among the famous objects inside are the Theater and Soviet Stairs. The first connects the floors of the Great Hermitage and allows you to enter the Hermitage Theater and Raphael's Loggia. The second staircase appeared due to the need for its own entrance to the premises where the Committee of Ministers and the State Council met. The architect Andrei Stakenschneider decorated the staircase with marble, and the lobby was decorated with red porphyry columns.
The New Hermitage, designed by Leo von Klenze in 1851, is located behind the Great Hermitage. Famous for its portico with ten Atlanteans, the museum was created specifically for public visits. Initially, it housed halls of Russian and Western European sculpture; now the Knights' Hall with a rich collection of armor and weapons functions here. Also an interesting exhibit is the Big Kolyvan vase made of green jasper weighing 19 tons.
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The groove was dug in 1719 and named the Old Palace Canal. It connects the Neva and Moika and stretches for 228 meters. Despite the fact that the canal is so short, several bridges have been thrown across it. The Hermitage Bridge became the ancestor of stone construction in the city: before it, all bridges were constructed exclusively of wood. It was built in the 18th century, like the 1st Winter Bridge. 2nd Winter Bridge was erected in the middle of the 20th century, but made in the style of the previous two. The buildings of the Greater Hermitage and the Hermitage Theater are connected by an arched structure supporting the gallery passage. From the side of the embankment, it looks very beautiful: the groove flows under the arch, disappearing in perspective.
Zimnyaya Kanavka embankmentHermitage Theater
Originally it was located here. In 1787, in its place, Giacomo Quarenghi built a luxurious theater in the antique style. The Hermitage Theater was intended for the imperial family and the highest nobility: in addition to operas and performances, balls, masquerades, and amateur performances were staged here. The chamber hall is located as an amphitheater and is designed for 250 people. The internal space of the theater is framed by marble columns, statues of Apollo and the muses of art, portraits of great musicians and poets. Since 1990, the theater has been performing on the stage of the "Russian Ballet" troupe, the St. Petersburg Ballet Theater. Tchaikovsky, the Chamber Theater "St. Petersburg Opera" and the Ballet Theater of L. Yakobson.
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Earlier on the site of the palace was the mansion of Ivan Musin-Pushkin, then - Dmitry Volkonsky, which later housed the French embassy. In 1872, the architect Alexander Rezanov erected a palace intended for the third son of Alexander II, Vladimir. The building was built in the Florentine style, decorated with large Venetian windows and family coats of arms. They called him "Small imperial palace"Because the decoration of the interiors boggled the imagination: the decor of the halls harmoniously intertwined architectural styles... The Grand Duke was president of the Academy of Arts and collected paintings.
In the first third of the 20th century, the House of Scientists was opened in the palace, where meetings, round tables, open lectures, and debates were held. Now there are several dozen scientific sections dealing with issues of technology and science. Also in this place they shoot historical films, arrange exhibitions and presentations.
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The palace was erected for the family of Grand Duke Mikhail, son of Nicholas I. Architect Andrei Shtakenshneider created the building in the eclectic style, combining trends of various architectural trends. During the construction, metal structures were used, which was an innovation of that time. In 1911, a museum was opened here, the exposition of which tells about the life and work of Prince Mikhail, who for a long time was the governor in the Caucasus. On this moment the palace houses the Institute of History material culture and a large library containing many oriental manuscripts.
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This is the first palace in St. Petersburg, the cladding of which is made of natural stone. In the work on the exterior and interior decoration of the building, Antonio Rinaldi used more than 30 types of marble. Many of them are displayed in the Marble Hall. A wrought iron lattice and marble vases adorn the main entrance to the palace. Previously, on the site of the palace there was a Postal Yard, and then a menagerie where an elephant lived.
The palace was intended for Count Orlov, but he never settled in it - the count died two years before the completion of construction work. Catherine II had to redeem the palace from his heirs. For some time, the favorite of the Empress Stanislav Ponyatovsky lodged here, and then the building passed into the possession of the Romanov princes. Here lived the grandson of Catherine II, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, then the son of Nicholas I, Constantine, and the heirs of his family.
For 17 years, the Russian Academy of the History of Material Culture functioned here, then the Central Museum named after Lenin worked here. In 1996 the palace became a branch of the Russian Museum. The exhibition features works by foreign artists of the 18th - early 19th centuries. From time to time, exhibitions of works by contemporary masters are held here.
An armored car "Enemy of Capital" stood at the walls of the Marble Palace for a long time. The car was installed in memory of Lenin, who performed on an armored car of a similar model in 1917. Now it houses the authorship of Paolo Trubetskoy, who worked on it at the beginning of the 20th century. Previously, it stood on Znamenskaya Square, not far from the modern Moscow railway station. The monument was created as a tribute to the memory of the founder of the Siberian Way. The sculpture captured not the emperor's appearance, familiar from the ceremonial paintings, but a true portrait resemblance. In 1919, the ironic poem "Scarecrow" by Demyan Bedny appeared on the monument. He was also involved in the celebration of the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution. The monument was placed in a cage, decorated with a hammer and sickle and the emblem "USSR". Since 1937, the monument has rested in the Russian Museum and was returned to the city only in the early 90s.
st. Millionnaya, 5/1Troitsky bridge
It was originally a flood bridge, named Troitsky in honor of the nearby square. The permanent drawbridge was built at the beginning of the 20th century in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the marriage of Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna. Lattices and lanterns are decorated in Art Nouveau style by architects René Patullar and Vincent Chabrol, granite columns with bronze rostras and eagles on the tops - by Amandus Adamson. Troitsky Bridge has undergone two reconstructions. According to legend, just over this architectural monument Valery Chkalov flew during his famous non-stop flight on the route Moscow - North Pole.
Troitsky bridge
The territory belonged to Count Alexander Vorontsov, who renounced his own rights. By the decision of a neighbor, Field Marshal Nikolai Saltykov, a garden was laid out here. In 1818, the state bought the site, and on this site was created a square, on the plan of which Carl Rossi worked.
In the center of the square, a bronze monument was erected to the commander Alexander Suvorov, on which Mikhail Kozlovsky worked. It originally stood on the Champ de Mars. Suvorov is depicted in the allegorical image of the god of war Mars. It was the country's first monument to an uncrowned person, erected by the decree of Paul I in honor of the commander's victorious campaign in Italy.
It was built in 1788 by Giacomo Quarenghi in the classicism style and belonged to the merchant Groten. The house changed several more owners and, at the behest of Catherine II, was bought by the state and presented to Nikolai Saltykov as gratitude for the upbringing of Konstantin Pavlovich, the beloved grandson of the empress. Alexander Suvorov was a frequent guest of the house, it was here that Mikhail Kutuzov was appointed field marshal of the army. Before the October Revolution, the house was rented by various foreign embassies. Despite the fact that the building was rebuilt several times, beautiful interiors have survived in the White Hall and the lobby. Now it houses the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts.
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Originally, a spruce grove grew here. A little later, Domenico Trezzini built a pavilion for Peter I, where the tsar spent hours of rest. In 1750, Bartolomeo Rastrelli erected the Opera House on the vacated space, where European troupes gave performances. For a long time, the building was rented by an Italian theater. After 22 years, the Opera House was demolished, and the construction of the mansion of the personal secretary of Catherine II, Ivan Betsky, began. Among the official's guests were Denis Diderot and Ivan Krylov. It was here that the fabulist took up publishing and published the magazines "Spectator" and "St. Petersburg Mercury".
In 1830, the mansion was bought by the state treasury and presented to the Prince of Oldenburg. The architect Vasily Stasov redecorated the building. The son of Prince Oldenburgsky sold the mansion to the Provisional Government for 1.5 million rubles. After the October Revolution, the inner chambers were divided into communal apartments, then a museum and a circle named after Saltykov-Shchedrin appeared in the former palace. In the second half of the 20th century, the mansion was connected to the Saltykov house, therefore, there is also a wing of the St. Petersburg State University of Culture and Arts.
One of the oldest buildings in the city was built in 1714. Dominico Trezzini created a baroque palace, very simple and modest inside. Outside, the building is decorated with bas-reliefs depicting the events of the Great Northern War. The palace has 14 rooms and 2 kitchens. The palace was built for the rest of Peter I in the summer. After the death of the tsar, dignitaries lived here, and under Alexander I, the palace became public. In 1934 a museum was opened there. In the middle of the 20th century, a large restoration was carried out. Now the building is a branch of the Russian Museum.
It was conceived as a regular park and the personal residence of the king. Official landscaping began in 1704. Over the course of 15 years, the garden has acquired the desired appearance. Visitors began to enter it, they did it selectively and on Sundays. Composition Summer garden Jean Baptiste Leblond was engaged, and Bartolomeo Rastrelli created a wooden palace for Anna Ioanovna, the Amphitheater cascade and the Crown fountain. The garden was filled with Venetian sculptures, becoming, along with fountains, its main decoration. Later, the flood destroyed the fountains and the "Grotto" pavilion, which it was decided not to restore. The fence appeared in 1784, and in 1855 a monument to Krylov was erected here. Gradually, the garden acquired the features of a landscape English park and completely opened its doors to the public. In 2012, the reconstruction of the Summer Garden was completed, the layout of which was given its original appearance.
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