🌳 Konstantinovsky Palace Park

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Canals all the way to the gulf

Work on the park began in 1715 to Peter I's design; plans were drawn up by Rastrelli the elder, Le Blond and Michetti.
The Lower Park is a "water garden": canals cross at right angles, and the middle one runs along the palace axis and loops around Peter Island.
In 1719–1720 the Strelka river was diverted into a canal, and the old riverbed was turned into fish-breeding ponds.
The Port Canal once had locks, a flour mill and a sawmill.
Trek Meadow with its riding paths was laid out in the second half of the 19th century on the site of the dried-up American Pond.

Part of these routes