L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e ~ D o s t o ï e v s k i

L a - b e a u t é - s a u v e r a - l e - m o n d e  ~  D o s t o ï e v s k i



Showing posts with label Nicholas I. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicholas I. Show all posts

Friday, August 11, 2017

The Rose Pavilion "Ozerki" at Peterhof - three watercolors by Luigi Premazzi, 1850



The Rose or "Ozerki" (lakes) Pavilion in the Lugovoi (meadow) Park at Peterhof was designed by Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider and constructed in 1845-1848, specifically for the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, one of several lakeside follies at Peterhof that the architect created for the pleasure of Tsar Nicholas I and his family. While several of the other pavilions destroyed by the Germans during World War II have been restored/reconstructed, this one has not.


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Most if not all of these photographs are dated circa 1890-1910.
A hand colored photograph.

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The ruins of the pavilion today.