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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Sadovaya Street/Pushkin, town hidden The Cameron Gallery (an ensemble of the Catherine Palace) | |
The Cameron Gallery, called in honour of its builder, with the graceful colonnade formed by Ionic fluted columns and a spectacular terrace with bow-shaped stairs led into the park, is a part of the architectural complex of Cameron’s Thermae ... | | The Cameron Gallery, called in honour of its builder, with the graceful colonnade formed by Ionic fluted columns and a spectacular terrace with bow-shaped stairs led into the park, is a part of the architectural complex of Cameron’s Thermae. The constructing was started in 1783 and finished in 1787. According to Cameron’s design the building was decorated with three bronze statue by the sculptor F.G. Gordeyev and the casting master V.B. Mozhalov. The colossal statues of Hercules of Farnese and Flora of Farnese were put up on pylons of the stairs. In a grotto under the stairs there was the statue of sleeping Ariadna (or Cleopatra as it was considered earlier). The massive ground floor was used for living ladies in waiting, the gallery on the first floor was intended for Catherine II’s walkings and looking round landscape views. Imaging the gallery as an entrance hall leading from tsar’s apartment to the park (or from the park into the palace), the Empress ordered to decorate the colonnade with busts of the ancient world heroes, Roman emperors and some of contemporaries. During walkings Catherine II often showed her portrait gallery to guests.
Persons Cameron Charles Catherine II, Empress Mozhalov, V.B.
Addresses Sadovaya Street/Pushkin, town
| | | | hidden The Cold Bath or the Agate Rooms Pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Palace) | |
The building, being the central place in the complex of Cameron’s Thermae, was built by Ch. Cameron for Catherine II in 1780-1788. Sculptors J.D. Rashett and K. Goffert, masters of jasper-cutting V.Davydov and V ... | The building, being the central place in the complex of Cameron’s Thermae, was built by Ch. Cameron for Catherine II in 1780-1788. Sculptors J.D. Rashett and K. Goffert, masters of jasper-cutting V.Davydov and V. Balakshin, the master of carving and gilding J.B. Sharlemann took part in works. In the ground floor the architect reproduced the planning of the thermae of the Roman Emperor Constantin . There was a hot bath with a sweating-room and resting room (Kaldariy), a warm bath (tepidariy), a room for doing massage as well as rooms for heating water and rooms for servants. The building was named the Cold Bath according to the antique frigidary with a swimming-pool. The Agate Rooms Pavilion or Agate Rooms of the second floor got the name because of walls which were faced by so called “meat agate” (on the olden days red-brown Urazovsky jasper was called “meat agate”). Moreover the pavilion’s rich decoration includes artificial and natural marble, sculpture and modelling, painting, gilded bronzes, marvelous parquet floors. Such combination used in the interiors decoration ,walls were faced by the set of multicolored jasper plates approached on the color and drawing, was named as the Russian mosaic.
Persons Balakshin, V. Cameron Charles Catherine II, Empress Charlemagne, J.-B. Davydov, V. Hoffert K. Rachette Jean-Dominique
Addresses Sadovaya Street/Pushkin, town
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