Lopukhinsky Garden in the city of St. Petersburg

During the protracted Northern War on the territory of the present Lopukhinsky Garden there were fortifications of Russian troops and there were battles with the Swedes. Until the end of the eighteenth century, these lands remained intact. In 1798, Stone Island became the summer residence of the royal court, and its surroundings began to be distributed to the dachas of the St. Petersburg elite.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the territory went to Prince P.V. Lopukhin, whose name was attached to the garden.

In 1848, the site was bought by a successful Russian philanthropist, merchant V.F. Gromov. For him, a wooden two-storey country house is built here, preserved to this day, several greenhouses, grottoes are arranged, gazebos, fountains, bridges are made, a stone terrace is laid near the pond, and with it a staircase.

To date, only two of the three existing bridges have survived, because of the dilapidated grottoes had to be dismantled, but the terraces, fences and granite descents were restored.