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'''Universitetskaya Embankment''' ({{lang-ru|Университетская набережная}}) is an [[embankment (transportation)|embankment]] on the right bank of the [[Bolshaya Neva]], on [[Vasilievsky Island]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]. Starting at the [[Spit of Vasilievsky Island]], it spans between [[Palace Bridge]] and [[Blagoveshchensky Bridge]]. |
'''Universitetskaya Embankment''' ({{lang-ru|Университетская набережная}}) is an [[embankment (transportation)|embankment]] on the right bank of the [[Bolshaya Neva]], on [[Vasilievsky Island]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]]. Starting at the [[Spit of Vasilievsky Island]], it spans between [[Palace Bridge]] and [[Blagoveshchensky Bridge]]. |
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The bank was lined with [[granite]] in 1831-1834. It features an ensemble of [[Petrine Baroque]] buildings of the early 18th century, including the [[Kunstkamera]], [[Twelve Collegia]], [[Menshikov Palace]], as well as the neoclassical [[Imperial Academy of Arts|building of the Academy of Arts]]. A quay in front of the Academy of Arts building, adorned with two authentic [[sphinx]]es of Pharaoh [[Amenhotep III]] brought from [[Thebes, Egypt]], was designed by [[Konstantin Thon]] and built in 1832-1834. |
The bank was lined with [[granite]] in 1805-1810 and 1831-1834. It features an ensemble of [[Petrine Baroque]] buildings of the early 18th century, including the [[Kunstkamera]], [[Twelve Collegia]], [[Menshikov Palace]], as well as the neoclassical [[Imperial Academy of Arts|building of the Academy of Arts]]. A quay in front of the Academy of Arts building, adorned with two authentic [[sphinx]]es of Pharaoh [[Amenhotep III]] brought from [[Thebes, Egypt]], was designed by [[Konstantin Thon]] and built in 1832-1834. |
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One of the campuses of [[Saint Petersburg State University]] (hosted in the Twelve Collegia and several other buildings), Saint Petersburg branch of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], [[Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography]] (hosted in the Kunstkamera) and [[Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science|Zoological Museum]] are all situated along the embankment. |
One of the campuses of [[Saint Petersburg State University]] (hosted in the Twelve Collegia and several other buildings), Saint Petersburg branch of the [[Russian Academy of Sciences]], [[Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography]] (hosted in the Kunstkamera) and [[Zoological Collection of the Russian Academy of Science|Zoological Museum]] are all situated along the embankment. |
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The embankment was named after the university in 1887. |
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Revision as of 10:10, 22 October 2008
Universitetskaya Embankment (Template:Lang-ru) is an embankment on the right bank of the Bolshaya Neva, on Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Starting at the Spit of Vasilievsky Island, it spans between Palace Bridge and Blagoveshchensky Bridge.
The bank was lined with granite in 1805-1810 and 1831-1834. It features an ensemble of Petrine Baroque buildings of the early 18th century, including the Kunstkamera, Twelve Collegia, Menshikov Palace, as well as the neoclassical building of the Academy of Arts. A quay in front of the Academy of Arts building, adorned with two authentic sphinxes of Pharaoh Amenhotep III brought from Thebes, Egypt, was designed by Konstantin Thon and built in 1832-1834.
One of the campuses of Saint Petersburg State University (hosted in the Twelve Collegia and several other buildings), Saint Petersburg branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (hosted in the Kunstkamera) and Zoological Museum are all situated along the embankment.
The embankment was named after the university in 1887.
