🌳 Petrovsky Park and the Italian Pond

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A mid-19th-century square with a monument to Peter I by the harbour; nearby is the Italian Pond from Peter's era.

The park grew on the site of the 1752 Arsenal Square, where parades and reviews were held.
Governor Bellingshausen, appointed in 1839, began landscaping at his own expense; the formal park was laid out from 1859.
The monument to Peter I was cast in 1841 by Peter Clodt from a model by Théodore Jacques.
All pre-revolutionary Russian round-the-world voyages began from the Winter Pier by the park.
The pier holds the anchors of the boats that landed the Peterhof assault force on 5 October 1941.
In Soviet times the park was called Freedom Park.

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