Fountain "Pyramid" is located in the east of the Lower Park Peterhof palace and park complex. Fountain, Peterhof, contrary to tradition, situated on the side of the front ensemble, apart, on separate pyramids alley. "Pyramid" - the oldest and the most beautiful monuments of the capital fountains.

This fountain appeared to Peterhof Park under Peter and to his plan. Then it got its name due to its unusual shape, reminiscent of Versailles "Obelisk" (architect J. Arduan-Monsar). The first mention of the fountain can be found in the decree of Peter I in 1721

Development of the project of the fountain "Pyramid" was entrusted to the chief architect of Peterhof Niccolo Michetti. At the initial sketch depicts the fountain is not in the form of four-sided pyramid, a complete copy of Versailles "obelisk" with a triangular base. But Peter, who in his decree made it clear that he wants to Peterhof was just "Pyramid" because the site chosen by the fountain, had quadrangular shape, made of a postscript to the base of the pyramid had four corners. Thus it was determined the unique shape of the fountain.

Work on the construction of the fountain led Mikhail Zemtsov with the participation fountain Goldsmiths P. Saulema. Construction of the fountain was started in autumn 1721 and was completed by the summer of 1724 then was put water, but Peter, having examined and tested the fountain in October gave the order to the architect to remake the "Pyramid" and reduce the amount lost in the cascade. The work is likely to have been completed after the death of Peter I, by the summer of 1725 but at the time of the appearance of the fountain was different from the modern. Although even then the water column height of 8 m swimming pool filled and ran down three steps of the cascade. Then they were made of wood and covered with lead.

By the beginning of the second half of the 18th century. formal gardens with a clear geometry of the plan thing of the past. In their place came shady "English" gardens with winding paths and old trees. In the Lower Park neatly trimmed trees and trellis, and gave way to large trees and a fountain, as if, almost lost, which gave him a special charm. Tapestries surrounding the fountain in the form of a labyrinth, disappeared.

By the end of the 18th century. appearance of the fountain remained almost unchanged, but in 1799 was made a marble fountain and benches fence project Yakovlev (performance back in 1770). Marble was made at the Peterhof Lapidary Works. June 6, 1800 the construction work, which was carried out under the guidance of Brouwer, were completed. In this kind of fountain and survives today.

Fountain "Pyramid" is a swimming pool, square in plan, the size of 11h11m. Crowned by a marble balustrade with his eight-pole, like a pyramid. The water on the inclined pipe enters the seven chambers of a square iron box which is sealed bronze lid with a hole to 505 nozzles of the Pyramid of the pond. The height of the jet regulating valve. This creates a total array of pyramid consisting of seven layers. Of all the fountains of Peterhof Park Fountain "Pyramid" is the most water-intensive - here it takes about 200 liters of water per second. Water jet fountain is located at an elevation of three steps. Filling quadrangular pool, water runs in four cascades, each of which has five steps, into this pit that surrounds the perimeter of the entire ensemble. On either side of the cascades have marble bridges, which can go up to the balustrade.

Like other monuments of Peterhof, which initially only as a monument to the victory in a major war for Russia today fountain "Pyramid" (like the rest of Peterhof) is also a monument to the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The fountain was a mutilated German invaders (it was not blown up, and pitched). In 1953 he was again brought back to life P. Lavrentiev sons and Smirnov in 1953. He can be rightfully considered the obelisk in the name of centuries-old struggle of the Russian people for the integrity of their cultural heritage.