Alexander Park (Tsarskoye Selo) Explained

Alexander Park (Russian: Александровский парк) is a park in Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: Ца́рское Село́), outside Saint Petersburg. It is located to the west of the Catherine Palace, and it comprises almost 200 hectares. It is divided into four smaller squares, each one with a complex geometrical lay-out.^[1] The Alexander Palace (built in 1792-1796 for the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia) is situated in the Alexander Park.

History

Alexander Park was developed in the 1740s.^[2] During the reign of Empress Elizabeth but during the reign (1741-1762) of Elizabeth, the garden before the palace became almost completely overgrown.^[3]

References

59.7217°N 30.3772°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alexander Park, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg . 2023-06-04 . www.saint-petersburg.com.
2. Book: Наталия Ивановна Никулина . 1982 . Prigorody Leningrada: arkhitekturnyj putevoditel' . ru:Пригороды Ленинграда: архитектурный путеводитель . Periurban Leningrad: an architectural guidebook . ru . Стройиздат, Ленинградское отд-ние . 170 . 30 September 2023 . Для устройства Нового сада в 1740-х годах был отведен участок между циркумференциями и Зверинцем. Разбивкой регулярного сада по проекту Н. Жирара занимались садовые мастера Қ. Шрейдер и М. Кондаков. .
3. Web site: Alexander Park, Tsarskoe Selo, St. Petersburg . 2023-09-30 . www.saint-petersburg.com . Constructed in the reign of Elizabeth, the New Garden is now almost completely overgrown, with the most visible remains being Mount Parnassus, a small artificial hill covered in birches, and the Mushroom Bed, a convergence of eight little alleys marked by unusually shaped wrought-iron benches that took the place of a gazebo in the early 19th century..