Petrovsky Park

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PETROVSKY PARK is located on Petrovsky Island, along the left bank of the Zhdanovka River. It is surrounded with Petrovsky Avenue. Landscape planning of the present-day park (the total area is approximately 6.2 hectares) has survived from the bigger regular park laid out in the last third of the 18th century round the wooden Palace of Empress Catherine II (1768, architect А. Rinaldi). The palace burnt down in 1912. The park took up almost half of the island. Petrovsky Avenue stretches along its two main alleys. The old park was in fact demolished in the course of the construction of shipyards and the Petrovsky Stadium Complex. The present-day Petrovsky Park stretches for 450 metres along the bank. Its width is about 75 metres. Petrovsky Park is a recreational area and the site of new expensive developments. Petrovsky pond is located on the territory of the park.

References: Веснина Н. Н. Комплекс Петровского и Александровского парков: (замысел и реализация) // Петербургские чтения-95. СПб., 1995. С. 109-112.

Y. P. Seliverstov. Catherine II, Empress
Rinaldi Antonio
Petrovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Petrovsky Stadium.