Shuvalovsky Park
Shuvalovsky Park is the creation of Count Pyotr Shuvalov - it was he who began to transform the forest area into a park, while this area belonged to his estate. These lands were given to him as a gift from Empress Elizabeth Petrovna along with the title.
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Shuvalovsky Park
Since the 1820s, the park was managed by his wife, Countess V.P. Shuvalova. By her decree, a redevelopment was made, which has survived to this day. The estate and park were passed from father to son until 1903.
Shuvalovsky Park has many attractions - centuries-old fir trees, majestically rising throughout the park, two artificially created ponds, called “Napoleon’s Shirt” and “Napoleon’s Hat” for their unusual shape, as well as the famous Parnassus Hill. Created by the count's serfs, its height is 61 meters. It got its name in honor of ancient Greek myths - it was on Parnassus that Apollo and his muses lived.
Church of St. App. Peter and Paul
By decree of Princess Varvara Petrovna Shakhovskaya, wife of P.I. Shuvalov, after the death of her second husband, it was decided to build a temple and a crypt for the ashes. The project was developed by architect I.P. Bryullov and erected a church in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul in 1830. The church was designed in a neo-Gothic style, and turned out incredibly bright and majestic. In 1935, the church building was given over to a club, and only in 1990 did worship services resume. The church is currently undergoing restoration.
Modern times
Next to the park is the Shuvaloff Hotel, where you can book horseback riding with an instructor around the park's terrain. Horses, fresh air and stunningly beautiful places are a great way to blur the boundaries between modernity and the milestones of history, and relax both soul and body. In addition, in the park there are such attractions as the ruins of the Tufa Arch and the Cold Bath, twelve ponds, the Vorontsov-Dashkov Palace, a horse yard, a stone bridge and the headquarters of the Karelian Front, buried after an accident. Nowadays, the area of Shuvalovsky Park is 142 hectares, on 136 hectares of which construction is prohibited, since they are part of a protected cultural heritage. Sometimes bicycle races are held in the park, and from the fenced top of Parnassus you can see the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral and the northern new buildings.
Shuvalovsky Park has many attractions - centuries-old fir trees, majestically rising throughout the park, two artificially created ponds, called “Napoleon’s Shirt” and “Napoleon’s Hat” for their unusual shape, as well as the famous Parnassus Hill. Created by the count's serfs, its height is 61 meters. It got its name in honor of ancient Greek myths - it was on Parnassus that Apollo and his muses lived.
Church of St. App. Peter and Paul
By decree of Princess Varvara Petrovna Shakhovskaya, wife of P.I. Shuvalov, after the death of her second husband, it was decided to build a temple and a crypt for the ashes. The project was developed by architect I.P. Bryullov and erected a church in the name of the holy apostles Peter and Paul in 1830. The church was designed in a neo-Gothic style, and turned out incredibly bright and majestic. In 1935, the church building was given over to a club, and only in 1990 did worship services resume. The church is currently undergoing restoration.
Modern times
Next to the park is the Shuvaloff Hotel, where you can book horseback riding with an instructor around the park's terrain. Horses, fresh air and stunningly beautiful places are a great way to blur the boundaries between modernity and the milestones of history, and relax both soul and body. In addition, in the park there are such attractions as the ruins of the Tufa Arch and the Cold Bath, twelve ponds, the Vorontsov-Dashkov Palace, a horse yard, a stone bridge and the headquarters of the Karelian Front, buried after an accident. Nowadays, the area of Shuvalovsky Park is 142 hectares, on 136 hectares of which construction is prohibited, since they are part of a protected cultural heritage. Sometimes bicycle races are held in the park, and from the fenced top of Parnassus you can see the dome of St. Isaac's Cathedral and the northern new buildings.
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