🌳 Neskuchny Garden

A hilly, wooded part of the park zone on the river bank, with ravines, bridges and 18th-century estate pavilions.

The Neskuchnoye estate was founded in 1728 by Prince Nikita Trubetskoy; one version says its name came from his balls and entertainments.
In 1756 Prokofy Demidov built a palace here with a botanical garden of more than 2,000 plant species; it is now the Alexandrinsky Palace.
The garden took shape in 1826–1842, when Nicholas I's palace office bought up the Trubetskoy, Orlov and Golitsyn estates.
Under the Orlovs the garden had an open-air "aerial" theatre for 1,500 spectators.
Since 1990 the quiz show What? Where? When? has been filmed in the Hunting Lodge, an 18th-century rotunda.
In the 1990s the garden was a gathering place for Tolkien fans, who called it Eglador.

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