Lower Park
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Lower Park is the grand, fountain-filled formal garden complex at Peterhof Palace, renowned for its elaborate water features and baroque landscape design along the Gulf of Finland.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lower Park canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
formal garden
ⓘ
historic garden ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Peterhof Palace
ⓘ
Peterhof Lower Park ⓘ
surface form:
Peterhof Upper Garden
|
| commissionedBy | Peter the Great ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | early 18th century ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| faces | Gulf of Finland ⓘ |
| hasArea | over 100 hectares ⓘ |
| hasDesignStyle |
Baroque landscape design
ⓘ
French formal garden style ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
bosquets
ⓘ
formal parterres ⓘ gravity-fed water supply system ⓘ marble and gilded statues ⓘ radial alleys ⓘ terraced cascades ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Chess Mountain Cascade
ⓘ
Grand Cascade ⓘ Hermitage Pavilion surroundings ⓘ Grand Cascade ⓘ
surface form:
Lion Cascade
Monplaisir Garden ⓘ
surface form:
Marli Garden
Monplaisir Garden ⓘ Samson Fountain ⓘ Sea Channel ⓘ trick fountains ⓘ |
| hasViewAxis | central axis aligned from Grand Palace to Gulf of Finland ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Gardens of the Palace of Versailles
ⓘ
surface form:
Gardens of Versailles
|
| knownFor |
elaborate fountain system
ⓘ
grand water features ⓘ ornamental canals ⓘ sculptural decoration ⓘ views of the Gulf of Finland ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Petergof
ⓘ
surface form:
Petergof, Saint Petersburg
Peterhof Palace ⓘ
surface form:
Peterhof
Russia ⓘ Saint Petersburg Oblast ⓘ |
| locatedOn | southern shore of the Gulf of Finland ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
Peterhof Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Peterhof State Museum-Reserve
|
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| partOf |
Peterhof Palace
ⓘ
surface form:
Peterhof Palace complex
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ
surface form:
UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments"
|
| seasonalOperation | fountains operate mainly from late spring to autumn ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major tourist destination near Saint Petersburg ⓘ |
| waterSystemPoweredBy | natural springs and elevation difference ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.