Monument parents - park pavilion, located near the road that leads from the end of the lime avenues to Old Sylvia. It was built in 1786-1787 under the project of Charles Cameron. Drawings made by the architect, is located at the Pavlovsk Palace.

Initially, the archival affairs and historically called the construction of the monument. On one of the plans, dated 1803 year, it is written: "The plan and facade of the monument." Only after a sculpture, on the pyramid which shows "parents", the pavilion became known monument parents.

Monument parents - memorial structure. At first it was built in honor of the deceased Princess Friederike Wurttemberg (sister of Empress Maria Feodorovna).

Such memorials could often be seen in the landscape park. They called melancholy, awakened memories and romantic melancholy. Therefore, the pavilion is a single track, which bears the name of the philosophical. The road along it - a change of feelings, moods and sentimental dive into the past. The importance of this path says that the monument is designed to display only the first part, the part of the track. It stretches past the mourning iron gate on the pillars of which is the image strapped wreaths emblems of death and sorrow: lachrymal vases, and overturned damped torches. Gates designed Tom de Thomon. Now they are badly damaged.

Outside the gates of a small open air pavilion set in a classical style. Built as a Roman temple aedicula, without decoration, except for the entablature. Only the part of the main facade of the building cuts semicircular niche decorated 2-umya columns and pilasters that support an entablature. Behind it rises a set of niches, shaped caissons with stucco rosettes of gypsum. In the middle of the arch - molded socket and sink separated from the stucco caissons garland of laurel leaves.

The walls are made of brick, plastered and painted with yellow paint. Pilasters and columns are made of marble Olonets light pink color and small caps - white.

Paul presented pudostskogo slabs of stone. 3 component level from the same stone lead to aedicula. Initially, the pavilion was not a sculpture. Opposite the entrance is a marble plaque with a dedication to black late sister Friederike, and on the sides in small niches were set Antique vases peplohranilnitsy. After the death of the parents of Empress Maria Fyodorovna interior of the pavilion changed.

In the early nineteenth century, the pavilion was installed sculpture works IP Martos, laid niches, new plaques with the names of 3 deceased relatives ex-Empress. The pits were placed two planks of gray marble with inscriptions overlaid letters of copper: "My Sister Elizabeth of the 7th February 1790. My brother Karl August 11, 1791 ", on the right," my sister Friederike 1785 November 15 days. "

The sculptural ensemble, made IP Martos, established on the basis of gray marble with white veins, 3-decorated with allegorical reliefs emya content. It is a round pedestal made of marble dark gray color, the front of which is decorated with a circular medallion with a bas-relief 2-portraits of the parents of Empress Maria Feodorovna: Duchess Friederike Sophia Dorothea of ​​Wurttemberg and Duke Frederick Eugene.

On the pedestal you can see 2 boxes of white marble. They are entwined with a garland and covered with a blanket. To the right of the podium - Winged Genius, casting a veil. At his feet - white marble panel, which is decorated with coats of arms with a garland. On the other side of the podium - a woman in ancient clothes, wrapped in a cloak, with a crown on his head. Mourning her head on the outstretched hand.

The whole composition is against the backdrop of a granite truncated pyramid of red. It can be read: "Parents." She has given the construction of the new name to assign to them - parents Monument.