Russia
NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast

English Embankment

The English Embankment or English Quay is a street along the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva River in . It has been historically one of the most fashionable streets in , and in the 19th century was called by the French term, Promenade des Anglais.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peter the Great and Senate Square.

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The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. is situated 210 metres east of English Embankment.

Square
Photo: Иерей Максим Массалитин, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly known as Decembrists' Square from the 1920s to 2008, and as Peter's Square, from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in , . is situated 260 metres east of English Embankment.

Museum
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on . is situated 350 metres northwest of English Embankment.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

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, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

Suburb
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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

English Embankment

Latitude
59.93606° or 59° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
30.29849° or 30° 17′ 55″ east
Operator
ОАО ‘Газпромнефть’
Open location code
9GFGW7PX+C9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 209086594
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­helipad
Wiki­data ID
Q588478
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Slovenian—“English Embankment” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Անգլիական առափնյա”
  • Bulgarian: “Английска крайбрежна”
  • Dutch: “Angliyskaja naberezjnaja”
  • Finnish: “Englantilainen rantakatu”
  • French: “quai des Anglais”
  • French: “Quai des Anglais”
  • Georgian: “ინგლისის სანაპირო”
  • Hebrew: “הגדה האנגלית”
  • Italian: “lungofiume degli Inglesi”
  • Italian: “lungoneva degli Inglesi”
  • Italian: “Lungoneva degli Inglesi”
  • Polish: “Nabrzeże Angielskie”
  • Portuguese: “Cais Inglês”
  • Russian: “Английская набережная”
  • Slovenian: “Angleško nabrežje”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and Сенатская пристань.

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