Monrepo Park
Description:
Monrepo is a rocky landscape park on the shore of the Vyborg Bay. The name Monrepo is translated from French as “my peace”, “my rest”.
The official name of the park is the State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve Monrepo Park. This is the only rocky landscape park in Russia of the XVIII-XIX centuries.
The total area of the museum-reserve is about 163 hectares. In 2010, Monrepo Park was 250 years old. In the XVIII century, the owner of Monrepo was the Ober-Commandant of the Vyborg Fortress P.A. Stupishin, then the Vyborg Governor-General Prince F. Württemberg, and from 1788 to 1943, the Monrepo estate belonged to the family of barons Nikolai, with whose name the heyday of this place is associated. It was Ludwig Heinrich Nikolai and his son Paul who created a park in the estate, which became so famous in Russia and Europe. The creation of Monrepo was attended by famous architects, artists and sculptors of that time.
The estate complex is a monument of classical architecture of the early XIX century.
The museum was established here in 1988.