HISTORY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER GARDEN RESTORATION
Almost 10 years have passed since the restoration, and we still have not told you the most interesting facts. What was found [...]
DISCOVERING THE HIDDEN LIFE OF GARDENS
Did you know that at the end of the 19th century the Marble Palace was the center of the educational process? Not? Then we wi [...]
BIRTHDAY OF RUSSIAN AESOP
IVAN ANDREEVICH KRYLOV On February 13 (February 2, old style), 1769, Ivan Andreevich Krylov was born - a Russian publicist, p [...]
GREEN ISLAND IN THE MARBLE PALACE
On the site of the Winter Garden, there was previously an open-air Hanging Garden, created by Antonio Rinaldi during the cons [...]
#THROUGH TIME …
January 27, 1944 is considered the Leningrad Victory Day. On this day, Soviet troops completely liberated the city of Leningr [...]
GAVANEC – THE FIRST EMBANKMENT OF PETERSBURG
Of course, you have been to this beautiful corner of the Summer Garden more than once. They walked along a small courtyard to [...]
SUMMER GARDEN IN THE TIME OF NICHOLAS I
A new period in the life of the Summer Garden begins during the reign of Nicholas I. The garden receives a decorated border o [...]
FABUL GROVE
During the time of Peter the Great, there was an idea in the Summer Garden, which has not been preserved at the present time. [...]
MENAZHERINY POND
During the time of Peter the Great, there was an oval pond in the bosquet "Menageriy Pond", where, according to legend, the r [...]
GRATE FROM THE NEVA SIDE
In 1770-1784, the Summer Garden was surrounded by a fence on the Neva side. Academician I. E. Grabar wrote about it: “We do n [...]