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      🏛 Grand Cascade and “Samson”

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      The fountains run from late April to late September; in winter the cascade stands without water

      Grand Cascade and “Samson”
      © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Grand Cascade and “Samson”
      © Vyacheslav Bukharov · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The cascade was conceived as a triumphal monument to the victory in the Great Northern War; its facade is over 40 m long.
      • Construction of the cascade began in spring 1715, and it was launched in August 1723, before the works were finished.
      • The group “Samson Tearing Open the Lion's Jaws” has stood in the basin since 1735; it is thought to allude to Poltava, won on St Samson's day.
      • The original “Samson” of 1801 by Kozlovsky was lost in the war; the statue was recreated in 1947 by Simonov and Mikhailov.
      • The cascade is decorated with 37 gilded bronze statues; their restoration ran from 2010 to April 2012.

      Part of these routes

      • Peterhof: fountains and the bay
      • Peterhof by Meteor hydrofoil
      • The south shore of the bay: Strelna and Peterhof
      • Oranienbaum and Peterhof

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