Alexander Park (Tsarskoye Selo)
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Alexander Park (known in Russian as Александровский парк) is a park in Tsarskoye Selo outside Saint Petersburg.
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The park is located to the west of the Catherine Palace, and comprises almost 200 hectares. It starts off with what is left of the New Garden, a rectangle, and continues to the Cross Canal. It is divided into four smaller squares, each one with a complex geometrical lay-out.[1]
Alexander park was developed in the 1740s[2] but during the reign (1741-1762) of Elizabeth, the New Garden became almost completely overgrown. The most visible remains are Mount Parnassus, a small artificial hill covered in birches, and the Mushroom Bed, a convergence of eight small alleys marked by unusually-formed wrought-iron benches that replaced a gazebo in the early 19th century.[3]
The Alexander Palace (built in 1792-1796 for the future Emperor Alexander I of Russia) is situated in the Alexander Park.