Экскурсия в Павловск / An excursion to Pavlovsk: 1890-1916

Россия на дореволюционных фотографиях
Экскурсия в дворцово-парковый ансамбль г. Павловск.
Санкт-Петербург
1890-1916

Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
An excursion to the palace and park ensemble of Pavlovsk.
St. Petersburg
1890-1916

No trip to St. Petersburg would be complete without a visit here to the beautiful palace and park of Pavlovsk. I have visited here both in the summer and also in the depth of winter when the snow lies thick and white....
Catherine the Great liked the natural surroundings in the Pavlovsk area and frequently visited it for hunting trips. In December 1777, she assigned to her son, Paul I, 362 desyatinas (977 acres; 395 ha) of land along the Slavyanka River, together with forests, arable land and two small villages with peasants. This was a present to Paul and his wife Maria Feodorovna on the occasion of the birth of their first son, the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia.
Between 1782 and 1786, Charles Cameron, the Scottish architect, favoured by the Empress to built a palace together with the Temple of Friendship, Private Gardens, Aviary, Apollo Colonnade and the Lime Avenue. He also planned the original landscape including the huge English park with numerous temples, colonnades, bridges, and statues.....
The little town of Pavloivsk was a magnet for the upper classes and many constructed dachas here....
Following the Revolution, the Palace was nationalised and turned into a museum, thus saving it for future generations..
During the Great Patriotic War, the palace and park suffered greatly. A great number of exhibits were destroyed, although many had been evacuated before the occupation. The trees in the park were all but destroyed and the palace itself suffered from a devastating fire......
Restoration began, in earnest, after the liberation of Leningrad. Work was completed in 1973......

Видео Экскурсия в Павловск / An excursion to Pavlovsk: 1890-1916 канала Nigel Fowler Sutton