Meadow Park
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Lugovoi or Ozerkovy, the park is a landscaped park of Peterhof. Located south Kolonistskogo park on the other side of the railroad tracks. Area - 85 hectares, of which about 18 hectares are occupied by nine ponds: Nikolsky, Samson, ruins, Eagle, mill, round, Sapper, church and Babigonskim. The water from these reservoirs for Samsonievskomu channel is supplied to the fountains and cascades Lower Park and the Upper Gardens of Peterhof. The composition of the park combines ponds, fields and private gardens around the broken buildings interconnected walking paths.

Meadow Park stretches from north to south to Babigonskoy hill, which is its highest point (80 meters). It consists of four independent parts presented gardens at Nikolsky house, pavilion "Ozerki" Belvedere Pavilion and "Mills".

The formation of the park due to the construction of the main architectural structures and the creation of ponds and covering the period from 1825 to 1857. All construction work was carried out under the supervision of AI Shtakenshnejdera engineer MI Pilsudski and garden master PI Erler and PG Arkhipova.

In the park grow, mainly birch, basswood, aspen and silver willow, lilac bushes and acacia. Trees and shrubs are picturesque groups, and, like the green scenes, planted in rows.

The park and its buildings severely damaged during the war, nowadays gradually being restored.

The first building in the park was Nicholas rural house made of wood. It was built in 1835. He stackenschneider him the title of academician of architecture. The architects also built pavilion "Ozerki", "mill", "Belvedere", "ruins" and the church of St. Alexander, a lot of bridges, dams, karaulok, locks ponds.

Ozerki Pavilion, or the Pink Pavilion was built in 1845-1848 years. Located at the beginning of iron Samson channel on the bridge between the Round Pond and Samson pool. The pavilion consisted of two one-story volumes connected by a small gallery and a three-story high tower completes the Tuscan order colonnade, which served as the main types of ground this part of the park. Before the south façade was located pergola of 16 monumental granite germ silver-gray tones made AI Terebenёvym and granite terrace semicircular shape with a lattice, where the gates are installed pipes fountain.

Hall was badly damaged during the war of 1941-1945. Keeping only the area with the retaining wall of granite gray, where once stood the sculptural ensemble "Nil".

Belvedere is located in the most southern area of ​​the park, on a hill Babigonskom. Erected in 1852-1856, respectively. The palace was intended for the imperial family picnics. The building stands on a massive podium of solid granite blocks. In the area of ​​the eastern facade of the stylobate with granite staircase leads half-pace, on the sides of which had previously been established 6 marbles. This - the main entrance, underlined granite portico with four figures, made AI Terebenёvym. On the west side there is also the entrance to the palace with a small granite porch and four pedestals of red granite.

The first floor of the Belvedere - the podium, cut through tall windows. Its facade is decorated in the form of alternating wide and narrow rustication; the corners are marked by pilasters with Corinthian capitals terracotta shade. The ground floor has a large room, distinguished by a special pomp and offices empress and the emperor.

The second floor is made of antique-like periptera for which the first floor serves as a base. 28 granite columns with bases of white marble and Ionic capitals are quirky profiled entablature with architrave of marble. Between the columns are cast iron openwork lattice. Floors colonnades and porches lined with mosaics.

Pergolas and garden in front of the palace garden gave Master P. Erler immediately after the construction of the palace.

After the events of October in the palace was arranged holiday home. During the war, the Belvedere was badly damaged. In the years 1953-1956 there was conducted restoration repairs and reopened holiday home. Currently, there is a hotel complex.

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