State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve Monrepo Park

Rarely beautiful rock landscape park XVIII-XIX centuries is located on the lands of a former private estate, whose owners for 150 years were the barons von Nicolai, who served Russia in the field of education and diplomacy.

The landscape of the island of Tverdysh, where the museum-reserve is located, is unique. According to geologists, the rocks of the island are powerful granite outlets to the surface, and their picturesque and unusual relief, giving many reasons for versions and fantastic legends, formed by a glacier and subsequent post-glacial earthquakes. Here in such an amazing place and was created Monrepo Park, immediately famous as one of the most beautiful parks in Europe. And this combination of unusual nature and inspired romance of the landscape park gives Monrepo a special appeal.

The total area of the museum-reserve is 161.4 hectares, of which 35 is a park zone and 126.4 hectares is a forest park.