The Concert Hall on the Island of the Great Pond, a pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Park)

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/Monuments of history and culture
The first in Tsarskoye Selo a park entertaining pavilion Lusthaus, in the form of a octagonal balk wooden gallery, was built by the architect I.K. Ferster in 1723 just here, on an artificial island of the Great Pond. On the place of the Lusthaus in 1746-1748 the architect S.I. Chevakinsky built the Hall on the Island, the new rectangular pavilion, with rich Baroque interior and outside decoration which was changed more than once. The architect F.-B. Rastrelli and sculptors D.-B. Djani and G.-F. Partir worked here. Then G. Quarenghi introduced elemets of the Classical style into the pavilion architecture. He worked jointly with painters- decorators F. Danilov and A. della Jakoma. The Hall on the Island was intended for holding concerts and receptions. From the time of Catherine II a wind band sometimes played in here, the Empress liked listening to the music being in the Grotto pavilion. People were delivered to the island by a ferry, there were two ferry piers, or by boats. On present days in summer concerts are held in the pavilion where public is delivered by the ferry. Catherine II, Empress
Chevakinsky Savva Ivanovich
Danilov Fedor Danilovich
Foerster, I.K.
Giacoma, A. della
Partir, G.-F.
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rastrelli Francesco de
Rastrelli Francesco de
Ekaterininsky Park/Pushkin, town