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Moika Embankment, 103
1766-80. Architects S. Chevakinsky and J.-B.
Vallin de la Mothe
The erection of the ensemble is due to the
development of Petersburg as a shipbuilding
center on the Baltic Sea. The small island that
was long back, in Peter's times, called New
Holland, was formed after the Admiralteisky and
Kriukov Canals had been dug. In 1732-40 the first
wooden warehouses for storing timber for
shipbuilding purposes were built here (architect I.
Korobov). In 1765 Chevakinsky developed a new
version of warehouses that was actually
implemented. The faτades and the monumental
arch over the canal leading into the island's
interior were designed by Vallin de la Mothe.