The Catherine Park () is the large landscaped area to the south of the
Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace (, ) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo ( Pushkin), located south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The palace is part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Re ...
, located in the town of
Tsarskoye Selo
Tsarskoye Selo (, , ) was the town containing a former residence of the Russian House of Romanov, imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the center of Saint Petersburg. The residence now forms part of the Pushkin, Saint Peter ...
(
Pushkin), 25 km south-east of
St. Petersburg
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,
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.
The park has two parts: a formal 18th century Dutch-style garden and a natural
English garden
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.
Formal Dutch garden
The formal garden was laid out in 1720 by masters of Dutch landscape gardening on three parterres in front of the Imperial Palace. At the same time, a reflecting pool was constructed on the third parterre, and two ponds were made on the Vangazi creek flowing from the hill: the Upper (Large) and Mill ponds (later included in the cascade of Lower ponds).
The main features in this garden are the Upper bath, Lower bath, Hermitage, Cave, Hermitage Kitchen, Moreyskaya column, Vorota gate, and Orlov gate.
English garden
The main features of the English park are: the Dutch-style boathouse the
Dutch Admiralty, Hall on the Island pavilion,
Chesme Column,
Marble Bridge, Turkish bath, the Pyramid, Red Cascade, Gothic Gate,
Ruin Tower, Orlovsky gate, Granite terrace (constructed in please of the
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), "Girl with a Jug" fountain, Concert Hall, Catherine Palace
Kitchen Ruin, Creaky Summer House, Evening Hall,
Kagul Obelisk, and Private Garden.
Gallery
Image:Catherine park in Tsarskoe Selo 02.jpg,
Image:Katharinenpalast, Parkseite.jpg, Catherine Palace
Image:Kirche der Auferstehung im Katharinenpalast.JPG, The Church of the Resurrection in the Catherine Palace.
Image:Catherine park in Tsarskoe Selo 01.jpg,
Image:Pushkin Catherine Palace Hermitage 06.jpg, Hermitage
Image:Пушкин, Екатерининский парк.jpg, Turkish bath and Chesme Column
Image:Мост Палладиев (Сибирский или Мраморный).jpg, Marble Bridge
See also
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The Milkmaid of Tsarskoye Selo
References
Detailed description and historyfrom Tsarskoe Selo in 1910
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External links
Official website
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Rococo architecture in Russia
Catherine the Great
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg