The kitchen-ruin is one of the historical park pavilions located in the landscape part of the Catherine Park, in the former Tsarskoye Selo (now the Pushkin city of St. Petersburg).
The kitchen was built by D. Quarenghi in the 1780s to warm up meals for guests of the nearby Concert hall.
Today, this circular structure, complicated by two rectangular projections, looks like an ancient dilapidated monument. However, the structure was specially aged.
The appearance of" antiquity " is created due to the fact that the structure was deliberately "aged", and when creating it, D. Quarenghi used fragments of authentic ancient monuments - marble capitals, cornice and frieze with carved garlands.
In the upper part of the walls and in the spaces between the columns of the building there are six plaster bas-reliefs, cast by the sculptor C. Albani and specially damaged in order to give them the appearance of antiquity. Also, an imitation of a destroyed monument of antiquity can be traced in places of exposed, as if weathered, brickwork, and the cornice and plaster walls are covered with cracks.
The curved parts of the facade are decorated with columns.
Previously, the kitchen was decorated with a sculpture (now not preserved).
The pavilion has windows and an entrance decorated in the form of a niche, in the depth of which a door is placed.
Practical information
The kitchen-ruin is located in Catherine Park, Pushkin, Saint Petersburg.
Catherine Park with pavilions, together with Catherine's Palace, belong to the State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoe Selo".
In the summer season (somewhere from the second half of April to mid-October), the entrance to the Catherine Park is paid.
In the Catherine Palace, you can visit the restored halls.
Tickets to the park, some of the pavilions of the park and the halls of the palace can be purchased at the box office, or in advance-online on the official website.
The opening hours of the park and the palace, as well as the conditions of the visit and the cost of tickets, we recommend that you check on the website of the State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoe Selo": tzar.
You can visit Tsarskoye Selo with one of the excursions
In Pushkin, near the Catherine Park and the palace, you can stay
The 5-star Pevcheskaya Tower Hotel features restaurants, a bar, a rooftop observation deck, free Wi-Fi and parking.
Breakfast is included in the room rate. Link to the hotel
The 5-star luxury spa hotel "Tsar Palace Luxury Hotel & SPA"is located in a historic building.
The hotelfeatures a spa area with a swimming pool, a hammam, a salt sauna, a snow fountain, steam baths and a gym; free Wi-Fi, a 24-hour front desk, 2 restaurants, a lobby bar, private parking and meeting and conference rooms.
The rooms are equipped with climate control, a minibar, a safe and a private bathroom.
A buffet breakfast is included in the room rate. Link to the hotel
3-star hotel Ekaterina, located on the territory of the Catherine Palace and Park Ensemble.
At the hotel: 24-hour front desk, cafe, free Wi-Fi and parking.
Each room here will provide you with air conditioning, a TV, a work desk and free toiletries.
Breakfast is included in the room rate. Link to the hotel
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