On September 5, 1704, Admiralty of the Saint Petersburg was laid on the left bank of the Neva River. The area adjacent to the fortress began to be built up. In the area of modern and streets, settlements of ship craftsmen appeared, which were wooden houses and hut with front gardens. On the site of Palace Square a "Sea" market appeared, with huts and chests, wagons with firewood and hay stood. The area near the Admiralty became one of the most densely populated parts of the city. In the early 1710s, a monastery (the future Alexander Nevsky Lavra) appeared on the left bank of the Neva at the confluence of the Chernaya Rechka (now it is Monastyrka river). In those days, it was assumed that the famous Battle of the Neva took place at this place in 1240, where the Russian squad led by the Novgorod prince Alexander Nevsky defeated the Swedes ... Near the monastery there was a whole settlement with wooden houses for workers and servants, as well as a garden and a vegetable garden with numerous outbuildings: carpentry, blacksmith's and cattle yards, a saw mill, a cellar, trade shops.