Презентация, доклад на тему The gardens and the parks of Saint-Petersburg

which are designed by Rossi are the most remarkable architectural and historical memorials of St. Petersburg. Ostrovsky Square was designed by Rossi. In the centre of Ostrovsky Square there is the monument to Catherine II.

laid out in 1704. Peter the Great dreamed of creating a garden more beautiful than that at Versailles and planted its first trees. The garden was created in "regular" style with straight alleys and paths, clipped shrubs and trees. It originally had dozens of fountains and sculptures brought from abroad. There was a hothouse for exotic plants and rare birds. Swans swam in a canal specially dug for them.
Disastrous floods of 1777 caused great damage to the Summer Gardens. The fountains and some pavilions were not reconstructed.

a monument to the fabulist Ivan Krylov. The writes is portrayed sitting with a book in his hands. The monument includes animals, birds and other characters of Krylov's fables.

are a popular place of recreation. Their alleys are decorated with marble sculptures. Among them are the busts of Alexander the Great and Julius Ceasar mid the allegorical statues of Glory, Architecture, Navigation, Justice, Truth, Peace and Plenty.
A. Pushkin once wrote that the Summer Gardens are the last immoral gift of Peter the Great to the city.