One of the first parks in the Nevsky district, situated on the banks of the Neva. Parkbyl opened during the reign of Catherine II, when the Nevskaya Zastava Petersburg for the Empress was built hunting castle and landscaped the surrounding forests, were built cottages close the royal court. V1925-1926 years the park was given the name of the revolutionary Ivan Babushkin, as his revolutionary activities, he began the Nevskaya Zastava, being an employee of the former factory Semyannikov. ...
The park, named in honor of Prince Kurakin, located in the Nevsky district. Attraction of the park is a pond and building Nikolaev Institute, erected in the late 18th century. Rebuilt in the mid-19th century, the building stood abandoned for a long time, but burned in 2006. After that the building restored in stone, it decided to place din “Children’s Hospice». Also in the park preserved building of junior classes of the Institute, after the reconstruction of it is located in the...
Park in honor of soldiers-internationalists who fought in Afghanistan in 1979-1989. On its territory are the temple of St. George, a monument to soldiers-internationalists, a monument to special forces soldiers, an outdoor amphitheater, and two ponds and tram terminal station “Prospect of Fame . » improvement park began in 1980 and ended only after 6 years. The name was given in 1988. Over the years the park was closed playground and boat station, which came in a deplorable state iz-za...
English Park, the oldest and largest in Peterhof. It was created in 1720 with the dammed creek, which was later turned into a pond. This area has attracted wild boars, which are eliminated on the orders of Catherine II. It is this pond became the basis for the pledged park and palace for imperatorshi. Unfortunately, the three-storey building to the present day has not been preserved, it has alternately been a barracks, a guest house for foreign visitors and the sanatorium, but the Second World...
Some St. Petersburg courtyards are mysterious places! In the center of a courtyard there is a sculpture group which represents 12 zodiac signs and reminds of The Stonehenge … Each sign has its own column. People have named this place the yard of the zodiac, and it is quite popular among those who are into mystical stories Some locals say that one of the columns (Sagittarius) suddenly once disappeared for a short while to come back out of the blue. These columns are belived to be fortune...
Izmailovo garden is also known as Buff garden. It originated in 1724 as a park next to the house of Prince Rumyantsev and gradually grew, changing hozyaeev. It got its name in honor of the Izmailovo Regiment, quartered ryadom.V the early 19th century, the garden was leased to the German club, who turned it into a circus in the open air. In the late 19th century has demolished our compatriot club building, built a restaurant and a reconstructed building of the theater. He continued to work,...