Gatchina (Orlov) Gates, monument

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Pushkin Town, Parkovaya Street, South-West part of the Catherine Park.

By the architect Antonio Rinaldi (1709-1794)

Gatchina (Orlov) Gates were erected in 1777-1782 on the place of the temporary wooden triumphal arch.

Materials : Siberia grey marble - facing of the Gates; Tivdy pink marble – columns, panels; forging iron, bronze – doors of the Gates; gilt copper – types.

Inscriptions:
Inscription on the attic, from the side of Gatchina Road :
"Moscow has been delivered from misfortune by Orlov";
Inscription on the attic, from the side of the park:
" In 1771 the plague and disturbances were in Moscow, General Count Grigory Orlov was sent to Moscow, according his requst, and he arranged the order and obedience, he stopped the plague by his management and gave the food and healing for poor men".

The Gatchina Gates was the first sample of a triumphal arch in Russian architecture that was built using the durable materials and with using the samples of the Ancient Roman architecture. The inscription on the South attic is the quote from the poem of the poet V.I. Maikov addressed to G.G. Orlov; the inscription on the opposite side maybe was made by Catherine II. Forging doors of the Gates with the rolled bronze decorations were made at the Sestroretsk plants. Catherine II, Empress
Maykov Vasily Ivanovich
Orlov Grigory Grigorievich, Count
Rinaldi Antonio
Parkovaya Street/Pushkin, town в юго-западной части Екатерининского парка
Sestroretsk Instrumentation Plant