Chinese Village

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Chinese Village is an 18th-century ornamental complex in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia, designed in a chinoiserie style as part of the imperial residence’s picturesque landscape.

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Label Occurrences
Chinese Village canonical 1
Chinese Village pavilions 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural complex
chinoiserie ensemble
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle chinoiserie
picturesque
country Russia
genre romantic landscape architecture
hasArchitecturalType garden folly
palace-park pavilion ensemble
hasCondition partly preserved from the 18th century
partly reconstructed
hasCulturalSignificance component of the ceremonial and leisure landscape of the Russian court
example of chinoiserie in Russian imperial architecture
hasDesignMotif Chinese decorative motifs
Chinese-style ornament on facades
bright polychrome decoration
pagoda-like roofs
hasFunction court entertainment setting (historical)
scenic backdrop for imperial festivities
hasHistoricalEra Russian Empire
hasLandscapeContext picturesque park setting
hasLanguageOfOfficialName Russian
hasNearby Alexander Palace
Alexander Park
Catherine Palace
Catherine Park
hasPart Chinese Theatre facade
surface form: Chinese Theatre (ruins and later reconstruction)

Chinese-style houses
artificial pond
bridges in Chinese style
decorative pavilions
ornamental gates
hasVisitorAccess yes
heritageDesignation Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site
inception 18th century
inspiredBy European fascination with China in the 18th century
locatedIn Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
Russia
Tsarskoye Selo
locatedInMunicipality Pushkinsky District, Saint Petersburg
surface form: Pushkinsky District of Saint Petersburg
locatedInTimeZone UTC+3
ownedBy Russia
surface form: Russian state
partOf Tsarskoye Selo State Museum of Fine Arts and Historic Monuments
surface form: Tsarskoye Selo palace-and-park ensemble

imperial residence of the Russian emperors at Tsarskoye Selo
touristAttraction yes
use ornamental landscape feature
residential (historically and in later adaptations)

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsarskoye Selo hasBuilding Chinese Village
Chinese Village, Tsarskoye Selo hasPart Chinese Village
this entity surface form: Chinese Village pavilions