Album 189
(Translated by Larissa
Rogacheva)
In this album we will finish our tour of Catherine's Park
in Pushkin.
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The "Granite terrace" or " Ruska Terrace"
is the one of the biggest constructions in the Park, it's included the
lots of landscaping: the enormous lawn, flowerbeds and the number of
statures. |
| In the 18th century on this place use to
be the wooden slide (very big contraption, kind of early roller-coaster)
but in 1792-1795 it was dismantled. At some point the construction of
the colonnade began, but. …never finished. |
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Eventually in 1809 architect L.Ruska came
up with a project of "Granite Terrace" |
In the end of 1940th after the war an architect T.Dubiago redesigned the
parterre in front of the terrace. |
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| The view on the terrace from above. |
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| The sculptures adorning the terrace are
copies of classical originals. They were placed here in 1850th. |
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On the next three photos you can see the
"Ruin" kitchen. The architect J.Quarengi designed it in 1780.
For artificial ruin it looks rather convincing. I suspect the
restoration of an object like this should be very tricky indeed.
The real elements of antics from Greece and Rome were used in the
decoration of the pavilion.
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| The Lower bath. The purpose of the
building -a bathhouse for the courtiers.
It designed by I.Neelov and built in 1778-1779.
It is in the park and quiet close to the Catherine's Palace. |
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The Upper bath. Situated even closer to
the Palace.
Built by the same architect I.Neelov in 1777. |
Here we will leave Pushkin for now, but we definitely will be back… |
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