Where is Mikhailovsky Garden? Story
Founded under Peter I and remodeled 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 attractions of St. Petersburg attracts those who want to relax in nature from the bustle of the metropolis. Directly from the Mikhailovsky Palace there is a neatly trimmed lawn surrounded by green trees.
A visual diagram depicting the Mikhailovsky Garden in its current appearance also contains a number of historical information. The tablet contains plans of the park complex from different years, starting from its foundation in 1717. The information is supplemented by 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 the layout, which combines a formal French-type garden along the perimeter with an English landscape park in the central part. The filled-in pond and stream have been restored, and the slopes of the reservoirs have been improved. The great architect’s small masterpieces – the pier pavilion and the cast-iron bridge across the channel between the ponds, named after him – have also been updated.
To see how the Mikhailovsky Garden with its green area looks against the backdrop of city attractions, you no longer need to look for pictures from space. Modern technology, controlled from the earth's surface, provides beautiful views from a bird's eye view. The cameraman took pictures from the Champ de Mars, capturing with his lens the most significant buildings in the surrounding area.
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Readers of the review will easily distinguish between the Russian Museum, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, and the Mikhailovsky Palace. A few photos are enough to find the Mikhailovsky Garden among these noticeable buildings.
Those who came to the Mikhailovsky Garden after its reconstruction note significant changes not only in the structures and reservoirs. The park has become much better visible due to the removal of diseased and old trees and the elimination of an excessive number of young spontaneously propagating plants.
The traditions of regular gardens involve maintaining exactly this type of planting and do not allow uncontrolled overgrowth of areas. One can have different attitudes towards this approach, but it corresponds to the original artistic concept of the famous Rossi.
How has the Mikhailovsky Garden changed?
Close attention is now paid to the maintenance of lawns and lawns, the grass is regularly cut, and plants are planted to diversify the landscape. An example is 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 sections of trees of different ages and sizes on the trunk of a tree and near it.
One can only guess what this selection means; there are no visible signs with explanations. Perhaps the dynamics of increasing trunk diameter over the years of tree life are demonstrated. Or does a close examination of the sections allow us to determine the reason for the elimination of diseased specimens?
Some contradiction to the concept of a regular park is the placement of statues here, especially wooden ones. Previously, the Mikhailovsky Garden was not an exhibition site, and sculptures were not placed there. This remark in no way criticizes what he saw, especially since the statues clearly attract those who like to take pictures against an unusual background - the grass is all trampled.
Another group of figures is found further on, these are flat silhouettes of caricatured forms. It is quite possible that the sculptures and silhouettes remained after one of the international festivals The Imperial Gardens of Russia, which the Mikhailovsky Garden has been hosting for about a dozen years. The event organizers accept the most extravagant ideas in the field of landscape design.
Our site would be grateful for an explanatory comment from someone knowledgeable about issues that are unclear to us, especially regarding tree cuttings.
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Regular visitors to the park also note a decrease in the number of garden benches along its alleys. Whether this is due to beliefs about a healthy lifestyle, promotion of walking, or other considerations is anyone’s guess.
While still attractive as a setting for artists, the Mikhailovsky Garden cannot provide for 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, on the opposite bank of the Moika. They get here comfortably by river taxi, taking with them folding easels and other accessories.
The Mikhailovsky Garden stores the creations of Russia
The famous architect built, among other works, the Mikhailovsky Palace for the Grand Duke, in which the conspirators later killed Paul the First. They also offered him to participate in a competition for designs for a 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 area between these buildings, including the Arts Square, adjacent streets and the Mikhailovsky Garden, was the work of Karl Rossi.
He managed to create a wonderful ensemble, which over time smoothed out the tragic events associated with these places in people’s memories. Rossi determined the location of the alleys of the park complex, and he also created a unique water circulation system. It included canals near the Mikhailovsky Palace, as well as ponds and ducts of the Mikhailovsky Garden.
A unique structure is a relatively small cast-iron bridge spanning the channel between the ponds in the garden. In St. Petersburg, this is the only bridge with cast iron load-bearing beams; the same alloy is used for the openwork parapet fencing.
The bank abutments of the Rossi Bridge are made of brick and finished with limestone blocks; five beams of a lattice structure rest on them. The parapets are supported by several pedestals decorated with bas-reliefs on each side of the span. For more than a century, the bridge structures were covered with soil, along with a channel and a pond, but only a few minor elements were cast again.
The authorship of Rossi is the pier on the Moika River - a pavilion ordered by the master by the imperial family for relaxation after boat trips. Now the granite pier successfully serves as a berth for pleasure boats, which in the opposite direction have a much more modest pier.
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It should be noted that the movement of any vessels on water is on the left, because of this tradition in England, cars also move the same way. 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 onto the Mikhailovsky Garden.
Do not leave the Mikhailovsky Garden without inspecting the lattice
One of the striking attractions decorating the Mikhailovsky Garden is the cast-iron lattice from the side of the Griboedov Canal and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. The project was carried out by the cathedral architect Parland, who managed to achieve harmony between the fence and the picturesque temple-monument to the deceased emperor standing opposite. Brick columns in the form of towers are placed on the granite base, vaguely reminiscent of church elements.
The 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 handiwork of Russian blacksmiths who managed to create a work of art from heated metal. The satisfaction from 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.
Formerly used as agricultural land - ponds for fish breeding, greenhouses with exotic fruits for august persons, cellars with wines, even nightingales were specially brought in. In 1712, a palace was built for Katerina Alekseevna, named "Golden mansions".
Anna Ioannovna is arranging a unique nursery where the so-called "spare" trees, and starts his own "jagdgarten"- a hunting area for court pleasures with hares and deer.
Later, B. Rastrelli builds for Elizaveta Petrovna Summer Palace And "Tsaritsynsky" Her Majesty's Garden is being redeveloped into a regular one, with a main alley leading to Nevsky. In the garden there are carousels, slides, swings, pavilions, flower beds and flower beds. In 1743 year, the inventive architect presents to the empress new project - labyrinth 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 ceremonial promenade don't change.
When construction begins in 1817 Mikhailovsky Palace garden again replan, attach "landscape" character, an English meadow is being created in the northern part of the garden, and on the site of the former “Golden Mansion” is being built pavilion-pier. Now this is the pavilion of K. Rossi, who then led the entire project of the Mikhailovsky Castle. K. Rossi retains plots in his garden project Rastrelli and Leblond(the first designer of the 3rd Summer Garden).
Myself Mikhailovsky Castle According to the project, it is surrounded by two rows of trimmed trees.
Then the garden itself began to be called Mikhailovsky (like his castle), but for some time an informal name circulated among St. Petersburg residents - Elena Pavlovna's garden. This was the name of the Grand Duke’s wife, together with whom he turned both the palace and the garden into places of high society meetings and celebrations.
In 1898, the Mikhailovsky Garden became 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".
During Soviet times, the Mikhailovsky Garden became an ordinary park With chaotically growing trees and bushes, in 1922 it was renamed indigestible - MOPR garden(International Organization for Assistance to Fighters of the Revolution).
The last reconstruction of the Mikhailovsky Garden took place in 2002/4, it restored the layout design of the great K. Rossi, decorating his pavilion with copies of 19th century busts of K. Bryullov and A. Ivanov.
Certificate from the State Russian Museum
Mikhailovsky Garden is one of the rarest landscape monuments architecture XVIII- the first third of the 19th century, representing a unique combination of two different styles landscape art on the same territory - regular or “French” and landscape or “English”.
During the time of Peter I, the territory where 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 marina pavilion, built according to the design of K. Rossi (embankment of the Moika River), is now located, the Empress’s palace - “Golden Mansions” was located. In the middle of the 18th century, during the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna, the garden was reconstructed 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 there was a large labyrinth garden that stretched all the way to Nevsky Prospekt.
In the 19th century The garden changes its appearance from “regular” to “landscape” and becomes part of the ensemble of the Mikhailovsky Palace - a striking example of the architectural unity of the building and the natural landscape, created according to the plans of the great architect Carlo Rossi.
The Mikhailovsky Garden was a closed private property and became accessible to citizens from the founding of the Russian Museum in 1895. In 1999, having almost completely lost its historical appearance, it became part of the Russian Museum. 21st century - starting point modern 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.
Which become the object for photo shoots and selfies.
Mikhailovsky Garden has two entrances:
- From Sadovaya Street, opposite the Mikhailovsky Castle
- From the side of the Griboyedov Canal, the landmark here is the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood.
It is best to start a walk through the Mikhailovsky Garden from the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, walking from Nevsky Prospect along the embankment of the Griboyedov Canal. Here is the entrance with a beautiful fence with a unique lattice.
Opening hours of the Mikhailovsky Garden in 2019
- from May 1 to September 30 - from 10:00 to 22:00
- from October 1 to April 1 – from 10:00 to 20:00
- from April 2 to April 30 – closed for drying
Ticket prices to the Mikhailovsky Garden in 2019.
Admission is free.
Mikhailovsky Garden lattice
The forged lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden looks delicate and light, although it is made of heavy metal. Flowers and patterned scrolls seem to contrast with the massive columns and red brick base. The gates to the Mikhailovsky Garden are decorated with tiles with images of flowers and strange birds.
It is interesting that the author of this beautiful creation is not exactly known, but it is believed that the fence was made according to the plans of the architect Alfred Parland, who also created the Savior on Spilled Blood. Construction of the temple took place at the endXIX- beginningXXcentury on the site where Emperor Alexander was assassinated in 1881II. The fence was also installed at this time. There is a plaque on it, reminiscent of this tragic event.
The openwork pattern of the lattice can only be admired from the side of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood. If you enter the Mikhailovsky Garden from the Mikhailovsky Castle, you will notice that the fence there is much simpler.
Description
The Mikhailovsky Garden is a monument of landscape architecture created by the great master Carl Rossi in 1825. The garden layout combines two styles: regular (French) - along the perimeter of the garden and landscape (English) - in its central part. There are many lawns and trees, and an irregularly shaped pond. At the same time, we will also encounter elements of the French style - sculptures, smooth lawns and flower beds. The area of the garden area is 9.4 hectares.
The Mikhailovsky Garden is the only place in St. Petersburg where the style of the imperial garden has been preserved. It is not for nothing that the international floristic festival “Imperial Gardens of Russia” is held annually on its alleys.
Usually the holiday takes place during the White Nights. At this time, hundreds of compositions and art objects made from plants of various colors decorate the expanses of the Mikhailovsky Garden, which becomes an area of relaxation, entertainment and creativity. Exhibitions and various cultural events take place here.
At the same time, on ordinary days, the Mikhailovsky Garden is one of the most comfortable and tranquil green areas of St. Petersburg, a place of silence and tranquility. There are benches and a children's playground on its territory. Perhaps the most picturesque place here is an English-style pond (irregularly shaped) and a cast-iron Rossi bridge. As a rule, there are a lot of seagulls here, and ducks swim leisurely along the water surface.
Thanks to the white color and openwork lattice pattern, the bridge looks delicate and light. This favorite place for photo shoots and, of course, it is especially popular during wedding ceremonies.
Rossi Pavilion in the Mikhailovsky Garden
According to the design of Karl Ivanovich Rossi (or Carlo di Giovanni), a granite pier and a pavilion were built in the eastern part of the park on the banks of the Moika, representing two square buildings connected by a through colonnade. A granite terrace-pier, fenced with an openwork cast-iron lattice, led from the pavilion to the water.
After the boat trip, the grand ducal ships moored to the pier. Members of the royal family and their guests headed to the pavilion. Here they rested, drank tea and played cards. During walks, the building served as a place of shelter from rain or heat.
Currently, there is a cafe in one of the premises, which anyone can visit.
The pavilion was originally gray, but now the building is yellow. The pavilion contains a bust of the pavilion's creator, architect Carl Rossi. Also next to the building you will see busts of artists Karl Bryullov and Alexander Ivanov.
From history
With the founding of St. Petersburg, the urban area began to develop. Here, from the Neva to the present Nevsky Prospekt, the Summer Gardens stretched. On the site of the present Mikhailovsky Garden there was the Third Summer garden.
- In 1712, in the Third Summer Garden, where the Rossi Pavilion is now located, Peter I built a palace for his wife Catherine I - the Golden Mansions. The garden around the palace was named Tsaritsyn, it was planted fruit trees and bushes, rare birds were brought here, and fish were bred in dug ponds
- Under Elizaveta Petrovna (daughter of Peter the Great and Catherine I), the garden received a regular layout. Its central part became a place of entertainment; swings and carousels were installed here, and slides were built for skating. Trees and bushes began to be trimmed into geometric shapes, flower beds were laid out, sculptures appeared in the alleys, pavilions and a bathhouse were built on the banks of the Moika River.
- In 1819, Carl Rossi began large-scale work to create the ensemble of the Mikhailovsky Palace. The improvement of the Mikhailovsky Garden took place in 1822-1825. Along with the regular layout, the landscape (English) landscape style also appeared here. Thus, an English meadow was created near the northern façade of the palace, and lawns and ponds of arbitrary shape appeared. On the site of the Golden Mansion, on the Moika embankment, a pavilion with a granite pier, traditional for the landscape park, was built, known as the Rossi pavilion.
The Mikhailovsky Garden became a gift from Emperor Alexander I to his younger brother, Prince Mikhail Pavlovich. The owner of the entire ensemble was his wife Elena Pavlovna. In honor of the prince, the palace and garden were named Mikhailovsky. But informally the garden was often called Elena Pavlovna’s garden.
Here the grand ducal persons celebrated memorable events and holidays and went on horseback rides. In 1898, after the heirs of Prince Mikhail sold the palace to the treasury, the building housed the Russian Museum.
The Mikhailovsky Garden became accessible to the general public after the victory of the October Revolution. In those days, there was a notice on the gate: “Dogs and soldiers are not allowed to walk.”
In Soviet times, it was an ordinary park with a stage, pavilions and playgrounds for children.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Mikhailovsky Garden saved many works of art; sculptures and monuments were buried here, among them the equestrian monument to Alexander III (now located at the entrance to the Marble Palace). All works of art survived, while many trees were destroyed by bomb explosions. Currently, thanks to the efforts of restorers, in general, the Mikhailovsky Garden looks the same as it did almost 200 years ago.
A unique example of early Russian Art Nouveau in St. Petersburg:
Forged fence of the Mikhailovsky Garden near the Church of the Resurrection on Spilled Blood (Savior on Spilled Blood).
The color photo was taken using a unique technology by the photographer of the last tsar, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorsky, in 1907, immediately after the installation of the fence (the builders had not yet removed the temporary electrical line).
it is irretrievably lost.
The forged iron fence was made in 1903-1907 at the St. Petersburg art and metalworks factory "Karl Winkler".
The author of the fence is not exactly known. This is probably the author of the Savior on Spilled Blood, architect Parland. Beautiful cylindrical columns are lined with glazed brick in two tones. There are stylized lanterns on the columns, like hats.
Over 80 years, due to the bad climate of St. Petersburg, half of the metal structures were lost and the facing bricks were cracked.
At the end of the “dashing” 90s, a grandiose restoration was carried out (Sponsor - tobacco company J. T. International). The history of the restoration was reminiscent of a detective novel: craftsmen conducted scrupulous research, rediscovering the secrets of old technologies...
Thus, in the archives a negative on silver was found, from which it was established that the monogram of Alexander III and the imperial crown should be placed on the gate (obviously, the monogram and crown were removed in Soviet times for ideological reasons).
Based on the same photographic materials, the lanterns on the pylons and the large forged leaves in the center of the forged gates were restored.
Alexander Borzov
Alexander, you said everything correctly. It’s just that this fence was restored by my workshop. Stack LLC - Creative workshop of Gennady Vyunov.
As for the fence project, it’s really not known exactly who drew it.
But the first option was in the sketches. I found it in the archive. It was very simple, not at all like the real thing. The work was actually done by Winkler’s workshop.
Some links have a mark on them. But the most interesting thing is different. The two restored links bear two personal marks side by side. Remember these names - DOBRYANOV and NIKITIN.
Now you can imagine what kind of masters they were if Winkler himself allowed them to stage them
Gennady Vyunov
In winter, the fence is already very impressive
acquires a fantastically unearthly beauty!
In the last cruise post we anni_lj went to . And in this post, the next morning after this very excursion, we begin the second day of our stay in St. Petersburg - we go to the Mikhailovsky Garden.
One of my favorite poems about hometown- this is Miron Levin:
Mikhailovsky Castle near the Summer Garden,
Chestnuts and circus and Mikhailovsky Garden.
This is what I need. I don't need it anymore.
Give me back the city and the castle.
Initially, in the territories of the current Summer and Mikhailovsky Gardens, the garden around the Engineers' Castle and the Engineers' Square, rural settlements were located, as well as the estate and hunting grounds of the Swedish captain Konau - this is evidenced by the plan of 1698. In 1716-1717. architect J.-B. Leblond, commissioned by Peter I, completed the General Plan of Three Summer Gardens. The first and second gardens were located on the territory of the now existing Summer Garden. The third was the garden where the palace of Catherine I was located. The territory on which the Mikhailovsky Garden is now located was part of the third Summer Garden and was called the “Swedish Garden”.
The lattice of the Mikhailovsky Garden with floral ornaments was erected simultaneously with the cathedral according to the design of the architect A. Parland.
Very beautiful, she has no analogues
cast iron lace
Gate to the garden
The garden fence was restored in 2002, and the gates and lanterns in 2006. From the restorer’s website: “Work on restoring the forged gates of the St. Michael’s fence began with a search for archival documents. A negative was found in the archives of the Russian Museum, on which the monogram of Alexander III could be seen , two lanterns on pylons and large forged leaves in the center of the composition. Based on these photographic materials, a restoration project for the monument was made.<...>All parts of the gates and lanterns are forged using hot hand forging using ancient technologies. Decorative protection for the mesh of glass shades is made of stainless steel. Glass shades were manufactured by the Gus Khrustalny plant.
The tiled majolica that once adorned the fence posts was almost completely lost. 25 tiles of five types were returned to their place. The technological process for the production of majolica tiles is complex, labor-intensive, multi-stage - from making the model to installing the tile. The tile is painted by hand, and after applying each color separately, firing is required
We arrived a little early, the garden gates were still closed. The garden washes itself and preens before meeting us:
Garden plan:
The first intersection of paths at the entrance to the Mikhailovsky Garden was named “Russian Circle” in honor of the famous architect, who in 1826 restored the planting of trees in a circle during the redevelopment of the Mikhailovsky Garden. At this place in the 18th century there was a round platform, the main entrance to the Third Summer Garden designed by F.B. Shot.
According to the project of J.B. Leblon in 1717, linden was planted along the roads and was constantly trimmed. Since the 1920s, playgrounds and a stage appeared on the site of the alley, and courts were built in the 1970s. The trees on the alley have not survived.
In 2003, during the reconstruction of the Mikhailovsky Garden, young small-leaved linden trees were planted along the edge of the former round area on historical places.
Shady alleys - I really love the garden in May, when it is transparent and airy, with delicate foliage glowing in the sun. But even in July, with already mature foliage, it is good:
Large meadow in front of the Russian Museum
And here is a photo from 2008, when we were in St. Petersburg - and, of course, we also came to the Mikhailovsky Garden. Leah 8 years old:
and Ruhama is 6 years old:
Bust of A.A. Ivanova (1860 according to the original by L. Guglielmn) is located near the Rossi pavilion.
Rossi Pavilion (from the Moika side).
Let's go along the Moika, along the Moika,
The trimmed linden trees are in plain sight,
Swallowing hazy and persistent
Gasoline fumes on the go
Between the Champ de Mars and the garden
Mikhailovsky, past the past
Stables, wide girth
Those who held dashing horses.
Let's go! The more names
The more authentic the verse sounds,
On it from bars and buildings
The shadow lies so flawlessly.
With Tynyanov's exact hint
Let's go along the walls and columns,
With lexical bright coloring
From these proper names... (A. Kushner)
In 1823-1824, a granite pier and pavilion were built in the Mikhailovsky Garden on the banks of the Moika. The pavilion was designed by the architect Karl Ivanovich of Russia. On July 26, 1823, Emperor Alexander I approved the plan for a pavilion with a pier and trellises. An inventory compiled on October 10, 1825 has survived, which gives an idea of the appearance and decor of the building.
The foundations, basement, staircases of 8 steps and the terrace between the rooms are made of Putilov stone. This stone (Putilov limestone) was mined in a quarry near the village of Putilovo, not far from Lake Ladoga. Locals They said: “The whole of St. Petersburg stands on the Putilov slab.” It was used in the construction of the Smolny Monastery, St. Nicholas and Kazan Cathedrals, the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor and other famous buildings.
The pavilion consisted of two symmetrical rooms with similar decor and decoration. They differed only in the color of the walls and the corresponding color of the furniture upholstery.
The pavilion was used as a resting place during walks and shelter from bad weather or heat. During boat trips, you could stop in the garden to relax or play cards.
The rooms contained mahogany furniture with upholstery matching the wall decoration: chairs, tables, sofas and wall mirrors. On the windows hung curtains with valances, jambs and scallops, trimmed with cords, tassels and fringe.
In 2002-2003, the Russian Museum restored the facades of the Rossi Pavilion and the limestone steps.
Cast iron bridge Rossi
Across the channel between the two ponds, which existed since the 18th century and was restored again in 2003 during the reconstruction of the Mikhailovsky Garden, an openwork cast-iron bridge was erected, designed by the architect K.I. Russia on the site of the old wooden bridge. Accurate information about the construction of the bridge has not yet been found. Only one architectural drawing signed by K.I. has survived. Rossi, dated 1826
At the end of the 19th century, a small pond located along the cast-iron garden fence along with the bridge were filled up. The abutments and supporting structures with decorative elements were almost completely hidden by the ground. Over the course of the 100-year operation of the garden, some of the decorative elements remaining on the surface were lost.
In 2002, archaeological work began to open the bridge. The original cast iron parts were preserved thanks to the construction waste that was used to fill the pond and the bridge itself. Therefore, in the process of reconstructing the Mikhailovsky Garden, while recreating a small, filled-in pond, it was possible to carry out the most complex restoration of the Rossi bridge.
The bridge consists of brick abutments lined with limestone blocks, five cast iron lattice trusses, and a cast iron parapet fence mounted on pedestals with decorative elements.
Today, the Bridge of Russia is the only bridge structure in St. Petersburg with original cast-iron arched structures and cast-iron elements (only a small number of lost decorative parts were re-cast according to the analogues of the surviving ones).
The pond, filled in in 1902, has now been restored:
The garden looks very well landscaped. Signposts
benches for tired visitors
Lots of information stands and explanatory signs
And we'll take a little walk around the Mikhailovsky Garden. Swan's groove
and Nizhny Lebyazhiy Bridge over the Lebyazhya Canal
Photo on the bridge for memory
2nd Garden Bridge over the Moika River
and hexagonal lanterns on floor lamps made of crossed copies frame the bridge
Mikhailovsky Castle:
A. Kushner
LOCK
A. V. Kulagin
If for some reason you have to stay in the city,
There is no money for a trip, let’s say to Italy,
Or old age has come - and in all its long experience
The traveling one tired you more than the others with the plot,
Or you're lonely - and you don't want to be alone
Travel without exchanging a word with anyone,
Or who knows what, say, a shadow is dragging behind you
Unsurvivable misfortune, filling your feet with lead, -
Go to the castle, go to the castle, on one side is the Fontanka,
And with the other, the narrow-chested Moika is bordered.
To the castle, to the castle, with its English arrogant posture,
Brenna was an Italian, and yet he was a romantic,
To the castle, to the castle, to its inner courtyard - something strange
You will see something that you have not seen anywhere else -
The closed space is faceted, octagonal,
Unlike anything like another star,
And, placed on the side, in gold burning in the sun,
The spire - how did the architect come up with the idea for it to stand like that?
Someone asked: what is your favorite place in the city?
I didn’t want to tell anyone, but now I did.
1st Garden Bridge over the Moika
And a little about restoration work in the Mikhailovsky Garden. The Mikhailovsky Garden was transferred to the Russian Museum in 1999. And in 2001, the State Institute of Architecture of St. Petersburg completed work on the project for the reconstruction of the Mikhailovsky Garden. The goal of the project is to return the garden historical significance ensemble Mikhailovsky Palace - Mikhailovsky Garden. The reconstruction is based on preserving the regular French layout along the perimeter of the garden, and the landscape English style in its center.
In 2002, the organization ZAO Soyuzstroy began restoration work, the purpose of which was to revive the garden’s former appearance for the period of its greatest prosperity in accordance with the project of K.I. Russia 1826. Requirements modern life lead to the expansion of the functional use of the garden, the introduction of new elements of modern landscape architecture, but, nevertheless, the historically established layout, which provided for a combination of regular and landscape principles, was carefully preserved.
When restoring the historical layout and volumetric composition of the Mikhailovsky Garden for the period 1824-1826, ancient restoration techniques were used, modern technologies were tried on to preserve the historical landscape, and the following work was performed:
Restoring the historical outline coastline pond, cleaning of bottom sediments, restoration and strengthening of the historical paving of the pond bottom
Recreation of the second paired pond according to historical plans, restoration of the channel between the ponds
Restoration cast iron bridge Russia and its stone foundations
Restoration of three granite staircases on the terrace in front of the Mikhailovsky Palace
Restoration of the fence from Sadovaya Street
Construction of two new fences along the southern border with the Museum of Ethnography and a metal fence along Mikhailovsky Proezd
Installation of bronze busts made from 19th century originals at the Russian pavilion
Construction of small architectural forms (benches, urns, made from historical materials)
Replacement of the entire lighting system and installation of lamps made in XIX style century.
A device for artistic illumination of groups of trees - as historical objects of landscape art
Demolition of diseased trees, as well as trees that have lost their decorative properties and pose a threat. Planting new trees.
Restoration of the historical linden alley of the 18th century. along the western border of the garden
Planting ornamental shrubs
Arrangement of flower beds from perennial and bulbous plants
Landscaping of lawns and installation of lawn fencing
Creating an automatic watering system
Elimination of tennis court tracks and areas that appeared between 1939 and 2000.
Complete replacement of the road surface structure using granite crushed stone and screenings. Construction of drainage trays using historical moss paving technology.
Construction of a new playground
Creation of a complex of modern technical means security.
Photos of restoration work:
