Tavrichesky garden is a landscape architectural monument
located between Shpalernaya Street, Tavricheskaya Street,
Kirochnaya Street and Potemkinskaya Street. The total area consists
of 21.1 hectares. The garden was laid out in 1783-1800 during the
construction of the Taurida Palace. Two ponds of irregular shape
were made here and were initially filled with water from Ligovsky
Canal.
The garden was designed by landscape architect W. Guld. There
are two islands located on the big pond. Promenade Hills were made
from the soil taken out in the course of making the ponds. In 1866,
Tavrichesky Garden was opened for visitors. In the 1930s,
Tavrichesky Garden was renamed the First Five-Year Plan Memorial
Park. It was called Children's City Park in 1956. The garden
suffered serious damage from the flood of 1924 and the siege of
Leningrad.
The monument to pioneers-heroes was opened in Tavrichesky Garden
in 1962. The monument to P. I. Tchaikovsky was opened in 1990. The
monument to Sergey Esenin, a famous Russian poet, were opened in
1995. Old trees have survived mainly along the boundaries of
Tavrichesky Garden: oaks prevail, larches, lindens are also to be
found. Open sections alternate with post-war plantations of trees
and bushes in the central part of the park (oak, linden, ash, birch
etc.).
Please be extremely careful because the garden is very beautiful
and as a result attracts a lot of muggles :)
The nearest metro station: Chernyshevskaya, line 1
Opening hours: 7:00 - 22:00
Small note on cache maintenance: I visit here
several times a year. Also, gleb_gl has agreed to assist if needed.
Thanks!
