Summer garden

Summer garden Summer Garden and park complex, a monument of landscape art of the first third of the XVIII century, founded by Peter I, and originally was a regular.
Summer Garden was originally designed as a summer royal residence, and part of the island Usaditsa been allocated for its construction, while this the island served as a transport funktsiyu.V history of the formation of the Summer garden there are several important steps: the establishment of borders, and the original plan (1704-1710); 1725-1750, the construction of wooden palace for Anna Ivanovna on the Neva River and the creation of one of the most elegant garden-fountains ” Crown ”, 1750-1787, the creation and installation of the fence of the Summer sada.Uzhe in modern history, after two years of reconstruction, May 27, 2012 Summer garden officially opened registration for the Summer garden posetiteley.Skulpturnoe today has 92 marble sculptures ( 38 statues, 5 sculpture groups, 48 ​​busts, germanium 1). Most of them were executed by the Italian masters of the end of the beginning of XVII-XVIII centuries. Among the sculptures of the Summer Garden are also included 29 terracotta reliefs adorning the façade of the Summer Palace of Peter I. In the framework of works on Phase I of the restoration and reconstruction of the Summer Garden (2009-2011.) All the original marble sculpture (except marble herms “Bacchus” , which exhibit a permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of archaeological research in the Summer garden) has been restored and, with the exception of the sculptural group “Allegory Nystadt world” ( “peace and Victory”), moved to the halls of the Mikhailovsky castle museum for permanent storage. In its place are set up in the garden of artificial marble.

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