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Mon Plaisir Palace (Peterhof)


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MON PLAISIR (from French meaning "my pleasure"), a palace in the Lower park of Peterhof - a single-storied brick Holland House, joined with the help of glazed galleries with its side wings (1714-1723, architect I.F. Braunstein, J.B. Le Blond, N. Michetti, to the draft of Peter the Great), located on the shore of the gulf, where a terrace with a balustrade was arranged (stone ground, 1787-1788). In front of the South Court of Mon Plaisir there is a garden with the Sheaf fountain and four bells-fountains (craftsman L. Garnichfelt, to the draft of Peter the Great). From the west side the garden is restricted by the stone Catherine outbuilding (1744-1755, architect F. Rastrelli; rebuilt in 1785-86, architect G. Quarenghi), from the east side - the Bath-House (1800, architect G. Quarenghi) and the Assembly Hall (1726-32, architect M.G. Zemtsov, 1748, architect F. Rastrelli). In 1918, Mon Plaisir was turned into a museum; it was relatively lightly damaged during the Second World War, restored in 1959-65 (architect A.E. Hessen) and in the 1970s-90s.

Y. M. Piryutko.

Persons
Braunstein Johann Friedrich
Garnichfelt Leonard von
Hessen Alexander Ernestovich
Le Blond Jean-Baptiste Alexander
Michetti Niccolo
Peter I, Emperor
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rastrelli Francesco de
Zemtsov Mikhail Grigorievich

Chronograph
1714


Hessen A.E. (1917- 2001 ), architect-restorer

Hessen Alexander Ernestovich (1917, Petrograd - 2001, St. Petersburg), architect, restorer, one of the founders of the school of scientific architectural restoration in Leningrad. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1939)

Lower Park (Petrodvorets)

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Peterhof Museum Park

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Peterhof, palace and park ensemble

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Rastrelli B. C. (1675-1744), sculptor

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Schluter A., (1659-1714), architect

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