🌳 Upper Park of Oranienbaum

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An old 18th-century park with a network of paths and ponds, where crowds are rare.

© Florstein · CC BY-SA 4.0

© Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0

The Upper Park covers 162 ha; it combines formal and landscape layouts.
In 1746, behind the Karpin Pond, a “toy” fortress was built with a moat, a palisade and ramparts that had no military purpose.
In 1756–1757 the military town of Peterstadt grew up in the park, where Rinaldi built a palace for Pyotr Fyodorovich.
In 1873 the park had 30 bridges — 8 stone and 22 wooden.
After the war the park was opened to visitors on 9 June 1946.

Part of these routes