Monplaisir Garden in Peterhof

In front of the southern facade of Monplaisir, the pearl of Peterhof and the beloved palace of Peter I, is the Monplaisir Garden. The first project of the Monplaisir Garden was drawn by Peter I in 1711, together with a sketch of Monplaisir himself. The creation of the garden began simultaneously with the construction of the palace, in 1714, according to the drawing, the basis of which were the drawings of Peter I. The garden with seven fountains was completed in 1723, simultaneously with the palace.

The area of the garden is divided into four stalls by two cross-shaped alleys, flower beds are broken in each stall, the same pattern, boxwood bushes are planted along the edges of the stall, chestnuts, lindens and maples grow on the sides of the garden.

In the center of the Monplaisir Garden there is a fountain "Snope", or "Crown", consisting of 25 jets, 24 jets fly out of the pedestal in two tiers, the central stream hits up to a height of 4.5 meters. At equal distances from the "Snope" are four fountains "Bells", decorated with bronze gilded statues of Psyche, Apollo, Bacchus, Faun with a goat. In the dead ends of the side alleys are hidden two fountains-jokes "Sofas".

Under Peter I in front of Monplesir was a sundial on a marble pedestal, which, unfortunately, has not survived to this day.