Quay with Sphinxes Amusement Park

Address: Universitetskaya Embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia

Hours: Open 24 hours (outdoor public embankment)

Admission: Free to view from the embankment; guided interior access not applicable (outdoor urban feature)

The Quay with Sphinxes is a riverside display of two ancient Egyptian sphinx statues mounted on the University Embankment of the Neva River in Saint Petersburg. The statues are antiquities brought to the city in the 19th century.

The sphinxes were acquired and transported to Saint Petersburg in the 19th century and installed on the embankment where they have remained as a decorative and historic feature of the riverfront. They date from ancient Egypt and are among several Egyptian artifacts placed in European cities during that period.

Sited on the University Embankment along the Neva in central Saint Petersburg, close to the Academy of Arts and other well-known cultural institutions.

• Antiquity: Two ancient Egyptian sphinx statues, each carved from single blocks of stone and roughly three millennia old, sit on the river embankment.
• Placement: Brought to Saint Petersburg in the 19th century and placed on the University Embankment as an urban riverside landmark.

The sphinxes are on the Universitetskaya Embankment in central St. Petersburg, a short walk from Nevsky Prospekt and the Palace Bridge. Metro: Admiralteyskaya or Vasileostrovskaya stations with a moderate walk.

• See the sphinxes at dawn or dusk for flattering light and fewer tourists on the Neva embankments.
• Walk the University (Universitetskaya) Embankment to view the sphinxes in context with the Academy of Arts and the Neva River.
• Watch for local students and artists who often sketch and gather on the quay - it's a living urban stage.