In Moscow , Catherine Park is located between Suvorovskaya Square, Olympic Avenue and Trifonovskaya Street. It occupies a fairly large territory - 16 hectares. This picturesque place is a monument and a magnificent example of landscape gardening art.
HistoryUntil the fifteenth century, the territory of this green zone was not built up. A significant part of it was occupied by meadows, groves and pastures. Starting from the XVI century, the territory located along the channel of the Samoteka river flowing here began to be actively built up. Thus, the Holy Cross Monastery, the royal village, and later the Trifon Church appeared here. In the eighteenth century, a suburban estate of Count V. Saltykov began to be built in this area, next to which a small park with a pond was later built. In 1807 the estate was rebuilt, since that time the Catherine’s Women's Institute is located in it.
Gradually, the northern sections of the park begin to be ennobled, two large streets appear. In 1888, Alexander Immer, a commercial adviser and honorary citizen, leases a small part of the territory where he creates a plant nursery, an experimental station, as well as numerous greenhouses and greenhouses.
In the twentieth century, the Catherine Park is noticeably transformed. Instead of the Trifon church, the building of the TsDKA hotel is being built, the Samotechka river was enclosed in an underground pipe, and Olympic Avenue was laid through the green zone. To date, Catherine Park in Moscow has a museum of the Armed Forces and an art studio to them. Grekov.
Nowadays
In 1999, on the initiative of the mayor, a decision was made to create a complex for social services and cultural recreation for veterans on the territory of the green zone. The Catherine Park is being improved more and more, today it is a comfortable and environmentally friendly recreation area almost in the very center of the capital. Photographers and artists find a place for creativity here. Catherine Park - a great place to relax with the whole family. There are equipped playgrounds, recreation areas for the elderly. For active Muscovites, there are outdoor simulators, boat rental, a football field, and a zorb (a huge inflatable balloon). There is also a small chapel in the recreation area, open to parishioners almost around the clock.
Catherine Park, Pushkin
This amazing masterpiece of landscape art includes features of various styles. It got its name thanks to the
Catherine Palace located here near St. Petersburg
. The gardeners I. Fokht and Y. Rozin worked on the planning of the green zone. Visiting Pushkino, Catherine Park and the numerous
architectural structures of this place, you can notice the features of various styles and eras. The oldest part of the green zone is called the “Old Garden”. Here on the initiative of Catherine II in the XVIII century appeared arbors, covered alleys and ponds. The landscaped
English garden, created in the second half of the eighteenth century, is located behind the Cameron Gallery. It is filled with architectural structures resembling the forms of ancient Roman monuments and structures imitating Chinese motifs.