Palace Embankment is probably the most famous in our city, because that is where are concentrated all the most important sights of St. Petersburg. She appeared in the early 18th century and was then called Upper. Houses in this area were built according to the ranks, the higher it is, the more dom.Sputsya 50 years old pier and the promenade began putting granite on order of Catherine II, but most area is being built around the time of the Winter Palace is not much followed, so everywhere there were building materials, sand and boards. It was brought here on the basis of the Alexander Column, unprecedented mass to deliver it, has been the creation of a private marina, with one level of the ship carrying it. With the arrival of each new government embankment it changed its name, until in 1944 it was returned to the old name.