The Monplaisir Garden (russian: сад Монплезир) is a garden by the

Monplaisir Palace The Monplaisir Palace is part of the Peterhof Palace Complex, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is ...

of the

Peterhof Palace Complex The Peterhof Palace ( rus, Петерго́ф, Petergóf, p=pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof,) (an emulation of early modern Dutch language, Dutch "Pieterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court"), is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersbur ...

, Russia."Дворец "Монплезир"
a Peterhof Museum webpage The garden was laid out according to a sketch of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

during 1714-1716. The layout of the garden consists of four flower stalls (with a total area of 30x32 m), separated by crossing alleys. The main decorations of the garden are its fountains. The largest one is The Sheaf, in the center of the garden composition. It has a major main jet and twenty-four small inclined jets. This fountain marks the central point of the entire composition. Side alleys of the garden have a number of ("фонтаны-шутихи"). Two of them are disguised as benches, named «Диванчики» (, "Little sofas"). The fountain is activated when one steps on a pavement in front of such a "bench", and the person will be sprinkled.Фонтан-шутиха "Диванчики"
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