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Kitchen Ruin
The Kitchen Ruin is an architectural monument located in Pushkin (town), Pushkin, St. Petersburg, Russia, in Catherine Park, on the island on Upper Ponds. Every regular park ensemble of the 18th century was obliged to have Hermitage (pavilion), Hermitage pavilions, Grotto (architecture), Grottos, and artificial ruins. The Kitchen Ruin was built in 1785–1786 according to the project by Giacomo Quarenghi. It is a rotunda with two rectangular projections using authentic antique Italian fragments: fragments of columns, capitals, cornices, and friezes, on which garlands are carved. The pavilion can be entered through a semicircular niche. The masonry of the walls is partially exposed, the windows are asymmetric, and the gypsum reliefs based on models by Cesare Alessandro Scaglia, Cesare Scaglia, installed in the niches of the upper part of the facade walls, are intentionally damaged, which together creates the impression of deep antiquity. The facade between the rectangular projecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushkin (town)
Pushkin () is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and its railway station, Tsarskoye Selo, is directly connected by railway to the Vitebsky Rail Terminal of the city. Pushkin was founded in 1710 as an imperial residence named ''Tsarskoye Selo'' () and received status of a town in 1808. The first public railways in Russia, Tsarskoye Selo Railways, were opened here in 1837 and connected the town to the capital, St. Petersburg. After the October Revolution, the town was renamed to ''Detskoye Selo'' (). Its name was further changed in 1937 to Pushkin to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The town contains an ensemble of the 18th century Tsarskoye Selo. This museum complex includes the Catherine Palace, Alexander Palace and other buildings and associated parks; it is a major tourist attraction in the area and is in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
