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Catherine Palace & Park
Catherine ParkMagnificent product of Russian landscape gardening art XVIII-XIX of centuries in which masterpieces of architecture and beauty of the changed northern country are combined. In its lay-out it is possible to find out features of various park styles.
The regular part of park is between Catherine palace, the Greater pond and Cascade ponds. Gardeners J.Rozin and I.Foht worked on its lay-out. Historically it carries the name of the Old garden incorporated right at the beginning of XVIII century before a palace of Ekaterina I.
In 1750 years the park was decorated with numerous pleasure pavilions. The landscape part is created in second half XVIII centuries and located for Kameron gallery. The park was simultaneously filled with the architectural constructions which have revived the forms of military monuments of Ancient Rome and style of medieval buildings, and also repeating the Chinese motives. "The big whim", connects Catherine and Aleksander’s parks. /
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Fountain "Girl with a jug"sculptor P. Sokolov, 1816 / Pavilion the Top Bath
architect I. Neelov 1777-80 / Marble bridge
architect I. Neelov 1770-76
The marble bridge
architect I.Neelov 1770-76 / Pavilion the Grotto
arc. F.Rastrelli, A.Rinaldi, 1771 / Kameron gallery
arc. C.Kameron, 1783 - 86
Kameron gallery
arc. C.Kameron, 1783 - 86 / Kameron gallery
arc. C.Kameron, 1783 - 86 / Pavilion the Turkish Bath
arc. I.Monigetti, 1850-52
Pavilion the Grotto
arc. F.Rastrelli, A.Rinaldi, 1771 / Tchesma column
arc. A.Rinaldi, 1771 - 78 / pavilion Hermitage
arc. M. Zemtsov, A. Kvass, S.Chevakinsky, F.Rastrelli,
1744 - 76
Church wing of the Great Palace, 1756 / Big Hall of the Great Palace / Greek hall of the Great Palace
The Great Palace
arc. F.Rastrelli / Smart Hall
of Pushkin Liceum / Pushkin Liceum
Aleksander’s park
Of 188 hectare shares the area on regular (the New garden) and landscape park. The first is created under N.Zhirara's project, works garden masters K.Shreder and supervised over M.Kondakov. The landscape park is located on a place of a former Menagerie (a large forest for the maintenance of wild animals) and created by analogy to the English landscape parks which have come in the stead regular. The project of park is created by A.Menelas and I.Ivanov. The park environment was filled with decorative constructions in spirit of a medieval gothic style … /
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Dragons the bridgeSc. M.Schwarz, 1862 / Dragons the bridge
Sc. M.Schwarz, 1862 / Castle Shapel
Arc. A.Menelas
The Chinese Bridge
аrc. C.Kameron, 1776 / Big Whim
(аrc. I.Neyelov, K. Gerard, 1770 - 74) / Chinese village
Arc. C.Kameron, 1782
AMBER ROOM
/ Greeks trusted that amber is the hardened beams of the sun. Imagine a room completely covered by panels of amber, flaring and radiating light - it is no wonder, that the Amber room in Tsarskoe Selo was considered as the Eighth Miracle of light. King of Prussia Fridrih Wilhelm I has presented the Room, as diplomatic gift to Peter Velikomu in 1717 after Peter has admired with this miracle during visit in Sharlottenburg, Berlin.
/ The Amber Room has been established in the Winter Palace, but per 1755 Empress Elizabeth has charged to architect Franchesko Rastrelli to move it in Екатерининский the Palace. Separate panels of amber of 76 guardsmen have transferred from St.-Petersburg up to Tsarskoe Selo for six days. They were not enough greater to fill new 100 meters of a decor, therefore have been added a mosaic and mirror, and the top part стенок has been specially painted to simulate amber. During the Second World war occupational armies have removed amber panels in September 1941, and they have been brought to the Alfred Sort, head Kenigsberg’s of the Art Museum. A part of the Amber Room last time saw at an exhibition in the Kenigsberg Castle before it was hided in catacombs. The riddle begins with this moment.
/ There is a legend, that amber has been burnt at hit of a bomb when it moved to Germany under Hitler's instruction, and that its rests are hidden in the vaults of the lock lasting on many kilometers. The advanced and encouraging theory is that during transportation Germany, panels were hided in mine at the Baltic coast.
/ The legend about the lost Amber Room has inspired directors of cinema, writers and hunters behind treasures. Estimated today in more than 142 million dollars, it would be a grandiose find.
There were 4 Florentine mosaics in decorating the Amber room which have been created in Florence (Italy). Mosaic panels are 5 allegories: hearing, taste, sight, sensation of a smell, sensation of a touch.
/ Two mosaics are already again recreated by masters "Amber Workshop of Tsarskoe Selo" (" Sight and feeling of a smell ", "Feeling of a touch ").
All subjects are made of quartz, a jasper, amber, lazurite, a greenstone, onyx, agate, using techniques of jeweler art.
/ The group of masters on amber worked as the Amber workshop since 1982, with the purpose of a reconstruction of a magnificent Amber Room. For revival of old art on amber, our masters deeply investigated and use old methods of work with amber.
There are no doubts that the wide experience, new technologies and a high level of skill will allow to recreate the Amber Room. The amber Panels already established in interior of the Palace give hope of fast revival of a miracle. At the same time, at a reconstruction of the Amber Room of the masters make set of objects of decorative art.