Universitetskaya Embankment

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Universitetskaya Embankment (

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The bank was lined with

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The embankment was formerly connected to the left bank through Isaakiyevsky Pontone Bridge, constructed in 1819–1841 in front of Senate Square.

One of the campuses of

are all situated along the embankment.

The embankment was named after the university in 1887.

Sphinxes

A quay in front of the Imperial Academy of Arts building, adorned with two authentic sphinxes of Pharaoh Amenhotep III brought in 1832 from Thebes, Egypt, was designed by Konstantin Thon and built in 1832–1834.

59°56′21″N 30°17′54″E / 59.9392°N 30.2984°E / 59.9392; 30.2984