PARKS of Saint Petersburg Isaakiyevsky square It

PARKS of Saint. Petersburg

Isaakiyevsky square It was created in 1860. Today square consists of lawns and a big round bed on the center.

Benois's garden In 1890 the architect Yuli Benois leased the territory near Tikhoretsky Avenue. In 1904 he completed here a farm which began to deliver to Leningrad residents milk, meat, potatoes, to breed pigs, hens and rabbits.

Ekaterina's garden The Ekaterina's garden is a square before Alexandrinsky Theatre. It has been created in 1820 on the project of the architect Karl Rossi.

Rumyantsevsky garden is at Rumyantsevskaya square near the building of Academy of Arts on Vasilyevsky Island. In 1799 the monument in honor of victories of the commander Peter Rumyantsev has been placed into the square during the Russian. Turkish war of 1787 1791.

Maritime Victory Park.

Maritime Victory Park is a park on Krestovsky Island. It was opened in 1945 to commemorate the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. Today, it covers 243 hectares of recreational, scenic, and natural areas.

The park is a popular destination for St. Petersburg residents and tourists, featuring: Beautiful landscaping and formal gardens Bronze sculptures The Black Sea Fisherman and The Girl Greeting the Victors. The Avenue of Friendship of Cities, where delegates from various countries around the world have planted trees and flowers since 1966.

Elagin Island.

History. Originally known as Melgunov Island, the island takes its present name from its former owner, Ivan Yelagin (1725– 93. The palace was built in 1786 in the eastern section of the island. In 1820 -s the palace grounds underwent a thorough redesigning and restructuring led by architect Carlo Rossi. The works lasted four years and included a vast English landscape garden with a system of canals, bridges and ponds, as well as grottoes and gazebos.

In present times Yelagin Island is a popular weekend destination for Petersburgers. Visitors can rent boats to navigate the island's several ponds and canals. There also rollerblade and bicycle rentals, as well as several attractions for children. The island also features several kilometers of pathways.

The Summer garden in St. Petersburg. The ensemble of the Summer Garden is one of the oldest in Saint Petersburg. It was founded in 1704 by order of Peter the Great.

Field of Mars, the Summer Garden. The view from the heights.

The famous wrought-iron fence of the Summer Garden - one of the symbols of St. Petersburg.

The Summer Garden is also the location of Peter the Great's first Summer Palace, built by the great Italian architect Domenico Trezzini.

The Coffee House, designed by Carlo Rossi, is also located in The Summer Garden.

Summer garden. Monument to Krylov. A statue of a famous Russian fabulist Ivan Krylov was designed by Piotr Klodt. It is located In front of the Tea house.

The sculptural group "Peace and victory". The sculptor P. Baratta. Italy. 1722.

The Porphyry vase in The Summer garden. This giant vase made of pink porphyry stands on the shore of the Swan Lake (or Carp Pond).

The Field of Mars, a large park named after Mars, the Roman god of war, is situated in the center of Saint-Petersburg

The Field of Mars. Eternal flame.

Park 300 -years of Saint Petersburg

This is the most young park in the Saint Petersburg. In the center of park there is column and fountains. Near the park located center «Piterlend» .

Yusupovsky garden

A wonderful little imperial garden that’s a perfect place to take a picnic made up from items bought from the nearby market. It is a great place to spend time.

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Park Sosnovka

Overview One of the popular attractions of St. Petersburg is a park "Sosnovka". Covering an area of 303 hectares. It is limited to the North, and Svetlanovsky Tikhoretsky avenues and streets Esenina. Central avenue of the park is the street Jacques Duclos.

Pleasure ground In 1830, the neighborhood of the Forest Institute gradually turned in the villa area and the ground near them covered with a thick pine forest, became known as "Sosnovka". Summer residents used them for solitary walks. In the summer of 1844 to these "the rows of pine" liked to walk and talk VG Belinsky and Turgenev.

Or for duels Among the residents of the central area of St. Petersburg, "Sosnovka" had a reputation margin, perfectly suited for duels. In winter 1840 in the park, the duel Lermontov and Ernest de Barant. No one was hurt, but Lermontov was exiled as a punishment to the Caucasus, where he was killed in a duel once, N. S. Martynov.

The end In the middle of the XX century "Sosnovka" was a common part of the forest. In 1960 he decided to make of the park, which was named "Sosnowski". At the end of 1968 it was renamed the park "Sosnovka".

Mikhailovsky garden.

Mikhailovsky garden was founded in the early 19 th century by the architects Carlo Rossi and Adam Menelaws. This garden was named in honor of the Mikhailovsky Palace. Now Mikhailovsky Garden is located on the Engineering, 4.

The lattice of the garden was created by A. Parland in 1885. It’s like plants, was made of yellow brick. . The main task of the lattice - Department of Garden of the Savior on the Spilled Blood.

Moscow Victory Park Kuznetsovskaya house street, 25

It was founded in October 1945. Thousands of people took part in this event, planted more than 17, 000 trees. The first part of the park was opened in 1946, and the full completion of the works was in 1957. Katonin and Kirhoglan were the architects of this park.

Before now there was a brick factory. The war began. Around there were ditches, the trenches, and the factory turned into a crematorium.

Monument "Trolley" - was found at the bottom of one of the pits. Another sad monument to the Great Patriotic War- Avenue of Heroes. Here you can see Zoe Kosmodem'yanskii, commander Zhukov and Alexander Matrosov.

"Rotunda". The total monument of the blockade. Memory lane. Here stands the only monument — a document clad in granite

The art academy garden

in 1764 -1788 years was build the art academy building, where the garden was laid out Garden device was beginning in 1768. Main garden master was Ekleben. In 1776 here was made pond for swimming

Primordial plan At the suggestion of the president of the Academy of Arts Olenin in the garden there are had to be built four portico, reminiscent of the architecture of ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, Persia and Rome. For this project took Alexander Briullov, who was porticoes drawings. but olenin’s idea didn’t implemented. From the overall design was realized only Greek portico. In 1844 the regular Academic garden scheme was designed by Ton. There have been laid track, installed a fence, and in 1847 there was a granite column at the intersection of the central avenues. This monument was a replacement column for the Kazan Cathedral. It was mad for that time, when something will hapenn with another. Nothing unexpected happened, and the architect of the cathedral Voronihin gave column Academy of Arts.

result In 1890, the project was built Quesnel metal garden fence with a gate. In 1897, in the south-west corner of the garden is built Battle Workshop, which created sketches from sitters on horseback.

Alexander park

Start. The first device here the park attended to Emperor Alexander I, commissioned to compile a project architect Menelaws. But it has not been implemented. Next initiative to arrange this park belongs to the Minister of Finance Kankrin. On duty, he often was in the Peter and Paul Fortress, where is the Mint. In January 1842 during the Kankrinreport for king he requested permission to park equipment he was familiar with the Menelaws work. This project Kankrin saw expensive. Create a new project he commissioned the architect of his department – Kutsi In February 1842 the project was approved by the emperor.

People's house The Minister often visited the build often, personally with gardener Gusev made a list of required trees, shrubs and grasses. On the territory were installed gazebo, a coffee hause, sandboxes for children. For memory of the Emperor Alexander it called the Alexandrovsky Park. In Alexandria Day festivities were held in the Alexander Park. The first of these was - 30 August 1845.

Удельный парк Specific Park appeared under Peter I (1825), but then the place which we now call the Park used for the cultivation of pine trees. There is even a legend of the pine planted by Peter 1 himself. In 1832 it was organized Udelninskaya forest school, where learnt the forest.

After the abolition of serfdom(отмены крепостного права), the school gradually began to lose its value , now it is a psychiatric hospital named after I. I. Skvortsova-Stepanova created in the years 1870 -1880.

Графский парк и пруд These facilities are located on Main street in Kolomyagi. Laid Park and the pond was in 1845, and after the opening of "over the pond has gathered a lot of guests, playing music. The Mansion was surrounded on three sides by the garden. It was planted the "alley of love" from the seedlings of “Paradise Apple”. Park still retains the historic name. Left most of the plants.