🌅 Nevsky Gate and Komendantskaya Pier

The fortress gate to the Neva and the granite pier in front of it — from here you can see the whole facade of the Palace Embankment.

The Nevsky Gate led to the pier from which the condemned were taken by river to execution — hence the name “Gate of Death”.
The present stone gate was built in 1784–1787 to a design by Nikolai Lvov.
On the wall by the gate are marked the levels of the worst floods, including 1824.
From the pier you can see the entire Palace Embankment — from the Spit to the Troitsky Bridge.

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