SUMMER GARDEN

INTRODUCTION

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There were fountains, marble busts, gilded sculptures, a maze, a beautiful artificial cave, groves, hedges, and aviaries. Of the buildings erected later, only the Summer Palace of Peter the Great has...

SUMMER PALACE

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The Summer Palace, which at the beginning of the 18th century was the summer residence of Tsar Peter the Great, is located in a corner of the Summer Garden, on a promontory between the Neva and...