The Catherine Park (russian: Екатерининский парк) is the large landscaped area to the south of the
Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace (russian: Екатерининский дворец, ) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars. The Palace is part of the ...
, located in the town of
Tsarskoye Selo
Tsarskoye Selo ( rus, Ца́рское Село́, p=ˈtsarskəɪ sʲɪˈlo, a=Ru_Tsarskoye_Selo.ogg, "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the c ...
(
Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (; rus, links=no, Александр Сергеевич ПушкинIn pre-Revolutionary script, his name was written ., r=Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, p=ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn, ...
), 25 km south-east of
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
,
Russia
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.
The park has two parts: a formal 18th century Dutch-style garden and a natural
English garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...
.
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
The Siberian Marble Gallery is a decorative pedestrian roofed Palladian bridge (gallery walkway) in Empress Catherine Park in the former royal residence Tsarskoye Selo (now town of Pushkin) near Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects the Swan Isl ...
, Turkish bath, the Pyramid, Red Cascade, Gothic Gate,
Ruin Tower, Orlovsky gate, Granite terrace, "Girl with a Jug" fountain, Concert Hall, Catherine Palace kitchen ruins, Creaky Summer House, Evening Hall,
Kagul Obelisk
The Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo is one of several such structures erected on behest of Catherine II of Russia in 1772 to commemorate Pyotr Rumyantsev's victory in the Battle of Kagul. Designed by Antonio Rinaldi, the dark grey-and-red marbl ...
, 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
The Siberian Marble Gallery is a decorative pedestrian roofed Palladian bridge (gallery walkway) in Empress Catherine Park in the former royal residence Tsarskoye Selo (now town of Pushkin) near Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects the Swan Isl ...
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