🌳 Lefortovo Park

An 18th-century estate park with a cascade of ponds, islands and a Rastrelli grotto decorated with shells.

The park grew out of the garden of Field Marshal Fyodor Golovin, laid out in the early 18th century, hence its first name, Golovin Garden.
Peter I bought the estate and charged his personal physician Nicolaas Bidloo with decorating the park with cascades, dams and sculptures.
Under Anna Ioannovna Rastrelli gave the park Versailles-like features, and contemporaries called it "Versailles on the Yauza".
According to legend, the Annenhof grove grew up in a single night: at the empress's whim, mature trees were brought here and planted.
In 1742 Elizabeth Petrovna opened the garden to the general public.
In 1904 the park was badly damaged by a hurricane.

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