The Upper Park
The Upper Park, one can se the Sliding Hill Pavilion
at a distance
The Upper park of Oranienbaum, is one of the most beautiful
parks in St.-Petersburg suburbs, it have existed for more than
two hundred years. Initially it was planned according the project
of A.Rinaldi by the prominent masters of the garden-park-making
art G.Bush and I.Zeifertits. Experienced Russian horticulturists
participated in its organisation: A.Andreyev, Ya.Skorodumov, N.Trofimov,
F.Tretyakov and others. The Upper Park is the rare sample of the
different planning styles synthesis in one unified ensemble -
regular (French) and landscape (English). The total area of the
park is 162 hectares. Its appearance, preserved till our days,
was completed in the middle of the XIX century.
Many palaces-museums of Lomonosov (the Palace of Peter III,
Chinese Palace, Sliding Hill pavilion) and many architectural
constructions of the XVIII-XIX centuries of great historical interest
Stone Hall, Knight's Block, Chinese Kitchen and Pergola are situated
on its territory. Pergola is the pavilion twined around with greenery
and forming corridors along the western coast of the pond in front
of the Chinese Palace and consists of 54 pillars with the height
of 2,55 m.
