The former farmland at one time - ponds for fish breeding, greenhouses with exotic fruits for the august persons, wine cellars, even nightingales were specially brought... In 1712, a palace was built for Katerina Alekseevna, named "Golden mansions".

Anna Ioannovna equips the garden with a peculiar nurserywhere the so-called "Spare" trees, and has its own "Jagdgarten" - a hunting area for court pleasures with hares and deer.

Later, for Elizaveta Petrovna B. Rastrelli builds Summer palace and "Tsaritsynsky" Her Majesty's garden will be transformed into a regular one, with the main alley leading to Nevsky. In the garden, carousels, slides, swings are arranged, pavilions are set up, flower beds and flower beds are laid out. In 1743 year, the inventive architect presents the empress with a new project - maze garden with fountains and sculptures, and behind the royal palace they break two figured ponds, a fountain and a patterned flower garden.

Under Paul I, a new one was built castle-fortress on the site of Elizabeth's palace, but the garden and its established functions - fruit (in the west of the territory) and parade-promenade do not change.

When construction begins in 1817 Mikhailovsky Palace garden again reschedule, give "Landscape" character, in the northern part of the garden, an English meadow is arranged, and on the site of the former "Golden Mansion" pavilion-pier.Now it is the pavilion of K. Rossi, who then directed the entire project of the Mikhailovsky Castle. K.Rossi keeps plots in his garden project Rastrelli and Leblona (first designer 3rd Summer garden).

Himself Mikhailovsky castle according to the project, it is surrounded by two rows of clipped trees.
Then the garden itself began to be called Mikhailovsky (like its castle), but for some time there was an informal name among Petersburgers - elena Pavlovna's garden... That was the name of the Grand Duke's wife, with whom he turned both the palace and the garden into places of high society meetings and festivities.

In 1898 the Mikhailovsky Garden becomes publicly available in connection with the transition of the Mikhailovsky Palace to the status Russian Museum... An interesting sign that was then placed at the entrance - "Dogs and soldiers are not allowed to walk".

In Soviet times, Mikhailovsky Garden becomes ordinary park with chaotically growing trees and bushes, in 1922 it was renamed indigestible - garden MOPR (International Organization for Aid to Fighters of the Revolution).

The last reconstruction of the Mikhailovsky Garden took place in 2002/4, it restored the plan of the great K. Rossi, decorating his pavilion with copies of the 19th century busts of K. Bryullov, A. Ivanov.

Help from the State Russian Museum

Mikhailovsky Garden is one of the rarest monuments of landscape architecture of the 18th - first third of the 19th centuries, which is a unique combination of two different styles of gardening art on one territory - regular or “French” and landscape or “English”.

At the time of Peter I, the territory on which the Mikhailovsky Garden is now located was called the "Swedish Garden". It was presented by the emperor to his wife Catherine. In the place where the pavilion-pier, built according to the project of K. Rossi (Moika river embankment) is now located, was the palace of the empress - "Golden mansions". In the middle of the 18th century, during the reign of Elizaveta Petrovna, the garden was reorganized according to the project of F.-B. Rastrelli. Two large reservoirs that have survived to this day in the southeastern part of the garden had a geometric shape, and behind them was a large labyrinth garden that stretched all the way to Nevsky Prospekt.

In the XIX century. the garden changes its appearance from “regular” to “landscape” and becomes a part of the Mikhailovsky Palace ensemble - a vivid example of the architectural unity of the building and the natural landscape, created according to the plan of the great architect Carl Rossi.

The Mikhailovsky Garden was a closed private property and became accessible to the townspeople since the founding of the Russian Museum, in 1895. In 1999, having almost completely lost its historical appearance, it became part of the Russian Museum. XXI century - starting point recent history Mikhailovsky Garden. Having undergone a large-scale reconstruction, it began its life not only as a unique monument of landscape architecture, but also as a modern museum space, a kind of green open-air hall.

This is one of the most famous and landscaped park areas in St. Petersburg. On the south side, the Mikhailovsky Garden is bounded by the Mikhailovsky Palace, the Ethnographic Museum and the Benois Wing.

WITH east side the park rests on Sadovaya Street (across the road - Mikhailovsky Castle), on the north side of the river Moika and the Field of Mars behind it, on the west side of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.

Before St. Petersburg was founded, the territory where the Mikhailovsky Garden is located belonged to a Swedish landowner.

After the victory, Peter decided to build an estate on this place for his wife.

The palace was named "Golden Mansions". Around the garden was laid out, informally called Tsaritsyn, or Her Majesty's Garden.

It stretched almost to the very "Big Perspective", between the rivers Erik (now - Fontanka) and the Glukha river or Krivushi (Ekaterininsky, now - the Griboyedov canal).

At one time it was called the Third Summer Garden. This happened after the real Summer Garden was divided into two parts, and named, respectively, the First and the Second Summer.

The "third" was intended to give the Empress maximum pleasure. To begin with, fifty nightingales were settled there, caught and brought to Petersburg from the forests of the provinces.

Wine cellars were located in the east. Fish were raised in five specially dug ponds. And, of course, berries and fruits.

It turned out to be quite large, as they would say today, "the royal household plot".

The gardener Gaspar Focht was discharged from Hanover to take care of the garden. He was also in charge of the Aptekarsky, First and Second Summer Gardens.

In 1741, the construction of the Summer Palace began here (it stood in the place where the Mikhailovsky Castle is now located).

When the empress settled in Letne, the garden received a regular layout. Trees and bushes were trimmed, marble sculptures were erected in the alleys, old and newly created ponds were given a figured shape.

Flower beds were laid out along the banks, flower beds were arranged, pavilions were built. Entertainment attractions were installed in the center, and even a separate bathhouse was built.

In 1796, the new emperor Pavel the First demolished the old tsarina's chambers and built a Mikhailovsky Castle for himself on this place, and on the south side, the tsar came up with the idea of \u200b\u200bcompleting the palace for his son. But the conspiracy interrupted these plans for 20 years. Only in 1817, according to the project of Karl Rossi, the construction of the Mikhailovsky Palace, conceived by Pavel, began.

When it was completed, the former Third Summer Garden, after the name of the palace, was also called the Mikhailovsky Garden.

The new mistress of the palace and garden was the wife of the Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, Elena Pavlovna.

Following the fashion, the garden was made landscape. Near the palace, fish ponds were filled and an English lawn was built. On the site of the vegetable gardens, paths for horse rides were laid, which the great dukes were fond of.

On the first day of spring 1881, the garden received dubious fame. Nearby, on the embankment of the Catherine Canal, Alexander II was mortally wounded.

The tsar died, a chapel was built on the site of the events, and then a temple named "Savior on the Blood".

The cathedral was separated from the park, so the Mikhailovsky Garden grating appeared, which became one of the most beautiful in the city.

The garden was opened for public visits in 1898. True, by that time its territory had somewhat decreased, since part of it went under the building Ethnographic Museum.

There was a sign on the gate prohibiting the entry of soldiers, as well as walking the dogs.

After the revolution, the garden was completely abandoned.

They remembered him in 1924. Then they cleaned the ponds, planted new trees, repaired the fence.

In 1939, a sports ground, a stage, and several sculptures were installed in the Mikhailovsky Garden.

During the Blockade, many sculptures were buried on the territory of the Mikhailovsky Garden, one of them was the equestrian statue of Alexander III.

In 1999, the territory was transferred to the Russian Museum, and at the beginning of the 21st century it was reconstructed again, giving the features of the 18th century layout. The paths envisaged by the Cala Rossi project were re-paved.

Today the garden is gorgeous and suitable for walking around the city. True, almost nothing has survived from the old buildings. There is only the pavilion of Russia, which was a quay wall for small boats of the imperial family.

On the other side of the Moika there are small berths, from where river excursions along the rivers and canals are conducted.

How to get there:

1. From the Gostiny Dvor metro station (exit to Gostiny Dvor), go out onto Sadovaya Street and go without turning anywhere. On the left side of the street, after about 350 meters, the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden will begin.
2. From the metro station Gostiny Dvor (exit to the Griboyedov canal) Exit the metro, pass the Savior on Spilled Blood along the canal embankment, behind which the grate of the Mikhailovsky Garden begins.
3. From Palace Square, go to the Moika Embankment near the Pevchesky Bridge, cross the bridge, turn left and walk along the embankment, rounding Konyushennaya Square to

Mikhailovsky Garden in St. Petersburg is one of the most popular and landscaped parks located in the very center of the city. In this rare monument of landscape architecture of the 18th - early 19th centuries, two different styles of landscape art are uniquely combined in one territory - regular or French, and landscape, English. The park is also characterized by the architectural harmony of the embodied plan of the great architect Karl Rossi - the unity of the Mikhailovsky Palace building and the natural landscape of the Mikhailovsky Garden. The garden is guarded as an object cultural heritage federal significance.

Area: 10 ha

Where is

The territory of the garden is limited by Sadovaya Street, the Moika River and the Griboyedov Canal. To the south of the Mikhailovsky Garden is the Mikhailovsky Palace, as well as the buildings of the Ethnographic Museum and the Benois Corps. The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is located near the northwestern part of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

Entrance to the garden

Visitors can enter from Sadovaya Street or from the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal. Entrance fee: free.

History

Mikhailovsky Garden appeared at the beginning of the 18th century, by the decision of Peter I, at the same time as the Summer Garden. At first it was called the Third Summer Garden, because the first two gardens belonged to the tsar, and in this they began to build a castle for the tsarina, Catherine I. The master plan of the three Summer Gardens was executed by the order of the sovereign by the architect Jean-Baptiste Leblon. In those years, the garden was more extensive than it is today, and the planners had to drain the site by constructing additional canals to drain water.

At the current site of the Rossi pavilion, a compact Catherine Palace with a golden spire, which was called the "Golden Mansion". Fruit trees, berry bushes were planted around, and pineapples and bananas were grown in greenhouses. Nightingales caught in three provinces were brought to the garden. Alleys in the form of green corridors alternated with ponds in which live fish were bred.

Anna Ioanovna III, having reigned, started a large-scale reconstruction of the garden, highlighting great place for hunting wild boars, hares and deer - jagdgarten. For hunters, special galleries were built, the stone walls of which protected from accidental bullets. With her, a soap-house appeared in the garden - an imperial bath with a fountain and rooms for rest.

Years later, Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli built the Summer Palace and the maze garden with the main alley leading to Nevsky Prospect for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The garden was laid out in the then fashionable regular style, with cruciform alleys, clipped trees, fountains and marble statues. The garden also had flower beds and pavilions, gazebos and slides with swings.

Since 1817, the construction of the Mikhailovsky Palace began, after which the garden began to be called Mikhailovsky. It was re-planned again, trying to give it a more natural, "landscape" character. Instead of fish ponds, an English lawn appeared; vegetable gardens were replaced by paths for horse walks. And on the site of the Golden Mansion, the architect Rossi built a pavilion-pier for small boats of the imperial family.

Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich settled in the palace with his wife Elena Pavlovna, who often organized extensive high-society celebrations in the garden. Mikhailovsky Garden was opened to the public in 1898, 3 years after it was handed over to the Museum of Emperor Alexander III. True, according to the sign on the gate, not everyone could visit the garden: soldiers and dogs were forbidden to enter.

Forged lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 1881, the People's Will fatally wounded Emperor Alexander II on the embankment of the Catherine Canal, near the Mikhailovsky Garden. In memory of the tragedy, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, known as the "Savior on Spilled Blood", was built on this site. In order to separate the temple from the Mikhailovsky Garden, an artistic lattice was made in the Art Nouveau style, which is an interweaving of fancy large flowers and leaves, decorated with gilded details. Forged elements of the fence alternate with columns, flowerpots and urns, and a memorial plaque is placed at the site of Alexander II's wound.

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Modern garden life

In 1999, the Mikhailovsky Garden was transferred to the State Russian Museum. Since then, there has been a phased reconstruction of the garden with the aim of returning it to the appearance outlined by Carl Rossi. Over the years, new trees have been planted, and paths that distort the original plan of the architect have been removed. A bust of Karl Rossi appeared near the Rossi pavilion, and busts of artists Karl Bryullov and Alexander Ivanov, copying the original sculptural works of the 19th century, are also installed in the garden.

Events in the Mikhailovsky Garden

The garden regularly hosts mass events - concerts and festivals. Every summer in the Mikhailovsky Garden, the summer festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" is held, which demonstrates original ideas in the field of landscape design. Members of the British royal family who are related to the Russian imperial house have come to see the works of professionals and amateur gardeners.

In 2018, for the first time, the Summer Garden, not the Mikhailovsky Garden, was chosen as the venue for the XI Festival "Imperial Gardens of Russia" (from 21 to 27 June). According to the organizers, the transfer of the event venue to the favorite garden of Peter the Great is symbolic for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the publication of Peter's decree on holding assemblies. In June 2019, in the Mikhailovsky Garden, you could show your creative abilities in creating costumes as part of the inclusive project "Art Transformation".

Exhibitions in the Mikhailovsky Garden

In 2017, as part of the Imperial Gardens of Russia festival, an exhibition of Russian avant-garde was held in the garden. And in May-June 2018, visitors to the Mikhailovsky Garden could admire the author's benches painted by artists who participated in the international action "Shop for Peace".

How to get to the Mikhailovsky Garden

The garden is located in the central district of St. Petersburg, so it can be reached from different areas city \u200b\u200bby choosing the most convenient route of public transport.

Near the entrance to the Mikhailovsky Garden, there are stops for surface public transport: bus: No. 3, No. 22, No. 27, No. 49, K212, trolleybus: No. 5, No. 22 and tram: № 3.

From metro Gostiny Dvor" (Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya or green line): exit towards Gostiny Dvor, onto Sadovaya Street. Go straight, after about 350 m. On the left you will see the grating of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

From metro station "Nevsky Prospect" (Moscow-Petrogradskaya or blue line): go towards the Griboyedov Canal, walk along the embankment past the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. Then walk along the fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden to the entrance.

From Palace Square: go to the side of the Moika river embankment near the Pevcheskiy bridge. After crossing the bridge, turn left. Then follow the embankment, skirting Konyushennaya Square, to the second Sadovy Bridge.

On car: the garden is located opposite the Mikhailovsky Castle, you need to go by car to Sadovaya Street.

On taxi: It is convenient to get to the Mikhailovsky Garden using taxi-ordering applications operating in St. Petersburg (Yandex. Taxi, Uber, Gett, Maxim).

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Mikhailovsky Garden

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On its alleys, the feeling of something real, genuine is born. And this is no coincidence. This is the only garden in the city that has retained the style of the original imperial garden. And, probably, that is why it is in it that the wonderful holiday "Imperial Gardens of Russia" is annually held.

Petersburg gardens and parks appeared immediately after the city was founded. One of the first was the Summer Garden.

Until the founding of St. Petersburg, the territory of the modern Mikhailovsky Garden was part of the Swedish hunting grounds. And then it became part of the Summer Garden. That first, or Big, Summer Garden stretched from the Neva to the current Nevsky Prospect.

In 1712, Peter I gave part of the land for the construction of the residence of his wife, Empress Catherine. At the place where the Rossi pavilion is now located, a small wooden palace was built, called the Golden Mansion.

The fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden

A garden was laid out at the palace, which stretched between the rivers Krivusha (the current Griboyedov Canal) and Erik (Fontanka) almost to the Bolshoi Perspective (Nevsky Prospekt). The garden at the Golden Mansion was called Tsaritsyn, or the garden of her majesty. Then the name of the Third Summer Garden was finally assigned to the garden. For this garden, nightingales and other rare birds were brought from the Moscow, Pskov and Novgorod provinces. Fruit trees and berry bushes were planted here in abundance.

To the south of the palace, five rectangular ponds were dug. All kinds of fish were bred in them. To the east of the "chorus" were the cellars with wines and other food supplies.

In 1718, Peter I invited the famous Hanoverian gardener Gaspar Focht to take care of the garden. He worked in the First, Second, and Third Summer Gardens. In addition, he served the Pharmaceutical Garden.

On June 24, 1741, in the Second Summer Garden, on the site where the Mikhailovsky Castle is now, they began to build the Summer Palace. In 1745 Empress Elizaveta Petrovna settled in the palace. Here, by the way, the future emperor Paul I Petrovich was born.

Under Elizaveta Petrovna, the territory of the modern Mikhailovsky Garden was re-planned. The garden has received a regular layout. Trees were trimmed into geometric shapes, sculptures were placed in the alleys, figured ponds were dug, flower beds, flower beds and pavilions were arranged. An imperial bath was built on the banks of the Moika. In the center of the garden there were swings, merry-go-rounds, and slides.

In 1768, the Golden Mansions of Catherine I were dismantled by order of Catherine II.

In 1817, large-scale work began on the creation of the ensemble of Mikhailovskaya Square and the construction of the Mikhailovsky Palace. The plan of the architect Karl Ivanovich Rossi included the redevelopment of the entire surrounding area. Including the former Third Summer Garden. The landscaping of the garden in 1822-1825 was carried out by famous architects, artists, gardeners. While maintaining the elements of the regular layout, the garden was given a landscape character. An English meadow was arranged at the northern facade of the palace. And the rectangular ponds were filled up. On the site of the Golden Choir, Karl Ivanovich Rossi designed a pavilion-pier. Now it is the Rossi pavilion.

The altered and redesigned garden for the palace built by 1825 received a new name - Mikhailovsky.

By 1830, the Garden Fence was extended along the Mikhailovsky Garden. The garden was fenced off from the street with an artistic fence.

The owner of the garden, like the palace, was the wife of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. The grand ducal couple arranged horse rides here, celebrated memorable dates and holidays. The Mikhailovsky Garden among the townspeople received an unofficial name - the garden of Elena Pavlovna.

One of the most memorable events in the history of the garden happened on a warm summer day in 1839. A ball was held in the Mikhailovsky Palace in honor of the wedding of Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (daughter of Nicholas I) and the Duke of Leuchtenberg. And the Mikhailovsky Garden has truly become a Garden of Eden. The newspapers wrote: “All the flowers from the Pavlovsk and Oranienbaum greenhouses were brought to the ball on 200 wagons and 5 barges, which were driven by a special steamer…. Everything in the garden and in the palace was blooming and fragrant, and such an abundance of rare and multi-colored plants did not happen to be seen ... From the garden shone a fantastic illumination with a wonderful view of the Field of Mars and the Neva ... "

On March 1, 1881, on the embankment of the Catherine Canal, opposite the Mikhailovsky Garden, members of the terrorist organization "Narodnaya Volya" mortally wounded Emperor Alexander II. On the same day, the sovereign died. In memory of this event, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, better known as the Savior on Spilled Blood, was built here in 1883-1907.

Art Nouveau style fence appeared between the Mikhailovsky Garden and the cathedral, designed by the architect Alfred Aleksandrovich Parland. The semicircular fence was made in 1903–1907 at the enterprise of K. Winkler. Together with the fence of the Summer Garden, it is considered one of the most beautiful in St. Petersburg. After the fence took its place, the policeman, who kept order on the streets, was charged with the duty of keeping an eye on the loitering public not to damage the forged lace. And the caretakers of the garden had to add lubricating oil in time to the bushings of the openwork gates with the imperial monogram, which opened onto the square from the central alley of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

After the transfer of the Mikhailovsky Palace for the needs of the Museum of Emperor Alexander III (Russian Museum) in 1898, the garden became public. True, at the entrance at the gate they hung a sign: "Dogs and soldiers are not allowed to walk."

In 1900, the territory of the Mikhailovsky Garden was reduced due to the construction of the building of the Ethnographic Museum.

After the revolution, the Mikhailovsky Garden fell into disrepair.

In 1924 it was decided to restore the garden. They cleared the pond, repaired the fence from the side of Sadovaya Street, planted new trees.

In 1929 a wooden sculptural composition by A.P. Solovyov. The sculptor called it "The Tree of Freedom", the sculpture represented a peasant freeing himself from the shackles. In 1939, a sports ground was built in the Mikhailovsky Garden, a stage and a toilet were installed. From west to east, a new path was laid through the garden.

During the war and the blockade of Leningrad, the territory of the Mikhailovsky Garden became a shelter for many monuments. They were buried in lawns and alleys. Among them, for example, is the equestrian monument to Alexander III. Many trees were damaged by shells falling here, craters formed in the garden. But the monuments were not damaged.

Restoration work in the Mikhailovsky Garden was carried out in 1949. In 1959, a bust of the sculptor F.I. Shubin.

In 1999, the Mikhailovsky Garden was transferred to the jurisdiction of the State Russian Museum. Another garden reconstruction was carried out in 2002-2004. He was again given the features that Karl Ivanovich Rossi had outlined. They cut down old and sick trees, planted new ones.

They removed the "Tree of Freedom" and the bust of Shubin, returned the previously laid paths.

At the Rossi pavilion, on the banks of the Moika, a bust of the architect was installed, as well as busts of artists K. Bryullov and A. Ivanov.

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Founded in the reign of Peter I, and redesigned more than once, the Mikhailovsky Garden has now been restored according to the concept of the architect Rossi, the most successful of all. The proximity to the most popular sights of St. Petersburg attracts those who want to relax in nature from the bustle of the metropolis. A neatly mowed lawn surrounded by green trees spreads directly from the Mikhailovsky Palace.

The graphic diagram depicting the Mikhailovsky Garden in its current form also contains a number of historical information. The tablet contains plans for the park complex of different years, starting from the foundation in 1717. The information is supplemented with photographs of the reconstruction process carried out at the turn of the millennium, after the Mikhailovsky Garden became a division of the Russian Museum.

A return to Rossi's ideas is embodied in a layout that combines a regular French-style garden around the perimeter with an English landscape park in the central part. The backfilled pond and channels have been restored, the slopes of reservoirs have been improved. Small masterpieces of the great architect have also been updated - the pavilion of the pier and the cast-iron bridge across the channel between the ponds, named after him.

To see how the Mikhailovsky Garden with its green massif looks against the background of city attractions, you no longer need to look for images from space. State-of-the-art technology, controlled from the ground, provides excellent bird's eye views. The operator took pictures from the side of the Field of Mars, capturing the most significant buildings in the surrounding area with the lens.

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Readers of the review can easily distinguish between the Russian Museum, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, and the Mikhailovsky Palace. A few pictures are enough to find the Mikhailovsky Garden among these notable buildings.

Those who came to the Mikhailovsky Garden after its reconstruction note significant changes not only in structures and reservoirs. The park became much better visible due to the cleaning of sick and old trees, the elimination of an excessive number of young plants of spontaneous reproduction.

The traditions of regular gardens presuppose the maintenance of exactly this appearance of the plantings, do not allow uncontrolled overgrowth of areas. You can treat this approach differently, but it corresponds to the original artistic intention of the famous Rossi.

How the Mikhailovsky Garden has changed

Close attention is now being paid to the maintenance of lawns and lawns, the grass is regularly cut, and plants are planted that diversify the landscape. As an example - the use of perennials, previously not found in our parks as a variety of hosts. On one of the alleys, those who come to the Mikhailovsky Garden see on the trunk of a tree and near it sections of trees of different ages and sizes.

We can only guess what this collection means, there are no visible signs with explanations. Probably, the dynamics of the increase in the diameter of the trunks according to the years of tree life is demonstrated. Or close examination of the sections allows you to determine the reason for the elimination of diseased specimens?

Some contradiction of the concept of a regular park is the placement of statues here, especially wooden ones. Previously, Mikhailovsky Garden was not an exhibition area, and sculptures were not placed in it. This remark in no way criticizes what he saw, especially since the statues clearly attract fans of photographs against an unusual background - the grass is all trampled.

Another group of figures is found further, these are flat silhouettes of caricatured forms. It is possible that sculptures and silhouettes remained after one of the international festivals The Imperial Gardens of Russia, which the Mikhailovsky Garden has been holding for about a dozen years. The event organizers accept the most extravagant ideas in the field of landscape design for placement.

Our site will be grateful for a clarifying commentary from someone who is well versed in questions that are not clear to us, especially about tree cuts.

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Regular visitors to the park also note a decrease in the number of garden benches in its alleys. Is it related to beliefs about a healthy lifestyle, propaganda hiking or other considerations - one can only guess.

Having not lost its attractiveness as a nature for artists, the Mikhailovsky Garden cannot provide all lovers of drawing seats... Resourceful painters have acquired folding chairs and independently provide comfortable conditions for their favorite activity. Sometimes artists and their unexpected sitters become real finds for photographers' subjects.

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Artists are located not only in the park area, many paint the Mikhailovsky Garden from the side, from the opposite bank of the Moika. They conveniently get here by river taxi, taking with them folding easels and other accessories.

Mikhailovsky Garden keeps Rossi's creations

The famous architect built, among other works, the Mikhailovsky Palace for the Grand Duke, in which the conspirators later killed Paul the First. They offered him to participate in the competition for the designs of the temple at the site of the death of Emperor Alexander II (the future Savior on Spilled Blood), but the master was too busy. However, the design of the vast territory between these buildings, including the Arts Square, adjacent streets and Mikhailovsky Garden, was the work of Carl Rossi.

He managed to create a wonderful ensemble, which eventually smoothed out the tragic events associated with these places in the memory of people. Rossi determined the location of the alleys of the park complex, he also created unique system circulation of water. It included canals near the Mikhailovsky Palace, as well as ponds and channels of the Mikhailovsky Garden.

A unique structure is a relatively small cast-iron bridge thrown across a channel between ponds in the garden. In St. Petersburg, this is the only bridge with cast cast iron bearing beams, the same alloy used for the openwork fencing of parapets.

The embankments of the Rossi bridge are made of bricks and finished with limestone blocks, on which five lattice beams rest. The parapets are attached to several bas-relief pedestals on each side of the span. For more than a century, the structures of the bridge were covered with soil along with a channel and a pond, but only a few minor elements were cast again.

The authorship of Rossi belongs to the pier on the Moika River - a pavilion ordered by the master by the imperial family for relaxation after boat trips. Now the granite jetty successfully serves as a jetty for pleasure boats, which in the opposite direction have a much more modest jetty.

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It should be noted that the movement of any ships on the water is left-hand, because of this tradition, cars also move in England. The pavilion consists of two rooms with a through colonnade between them and a common ceiling, and a semi-rotunda with a semicircular staircase opens into the Mikhailovsky Garden.

Do not leave the Mikhailovsky Garden without inspecting the trellis

One of the striking sights that adorn the Mikhailovsky Garden is the cast-iron lattice from the side of the Griboyedov Canal and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The project was carried out by the architect of the cathedral Parland, who managed to achieve harmony of the fence with the picturesque temple-monument to the deceased emperor standing opposite. On the granite base there are brick columns in the form of towers, vaguely resembling church elements.

A skillfully forged lattice in the form of a floral ornament seems to hang in the air, there are no usual guides in the form of vertical or horizontal rods. An excellent example of the handmade work of Russian blacksmiths who managed to create a work of art from heated metal. The satisfaction of visiting a natural oasis in the central part of St. Petersburg can now be considered the maximum possible, and you will want to repeat the trip.