The Private Garden (an ensemble of the Catherine Park)

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The Private Garden of Catherine II at the Tsarskoye Selo Palace was laid out by V.I. Neyelov and D. Busch in the 1770s. Catherine II called this part of the park, that was confined with the Ramp Alley and Under Caprice Road and adjacent to the private apartment of Empress, her kitchen-garden and used for morning exercise walking in house dress. Here there was the Big English Meadow with the Kagul Obelisk, Upper Ponds with pavilions and bridges. The second Private Garden near the Alexander Palace was laid out later on the sample of Catherine II’s garden.
In 1855 the territory of the Big English Meadow between the Kagul Obelisk and the southern façade of the Catherine Palace, where Alexander II’s apartment was placed, was closed for public. In 1865 the architect A.F. Vidov developed the project of creating a pergola, fountain, flower beds in the Private garden, they have been being until our days. The Bremen sandstone pergola and Carrara marble fountain were produced at the Peterhof Lapidary Works. Lawns were decorated with flowers and white marble statues. This garden was used by only members of the Imperial family and their milieu. Semenova Galina Victorovna
Alexander II, Emperor
Bush, Joseph
Catherine II, Empress
Neelov Vasily Ivanovich
Vidov Alexander Fomich
Ekaterininsky Park/Pushkin, town