A quay in front of the 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.
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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.
embankment dam | Victoria Embankment | Embankment dam | Victoria Embankment (Nottingham) | Thames Embankment | House on the Embankment | English Embankment | Embankment tube station | Admiralty Embankment |