🌳 Osinovaya Roshcha Estate Park

Приозерское ш., Осиновая Роща

The manor park of the Lopukhins, Levashovs and Vyazemskys on sandy esker hills, with lakes and an alley of larches.

In May 1778 Catherine II stayed here at Potemkin's villa and wrote about the manor to Baron Grimm.
The wooden manor house was built in 1828–1830 by the architect V. I. Beretti for Princess Lopukhina; it burned down on 4 April 1991.
In the early 20th century the estate had a zoo where animals roamed free, including Prince Vyazemsky's tame lion.
Since 1990 the estate has been under UNESCO protection as part of the "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg" site.
According to a 2024 study by Herzen University, Bannoye and Dvortsovoye lakes are in fact ponds, and little Bannoye is the deepest, at up to 17 m.

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