Vyborg: Monrepo Landscape Park

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The official name of Monrepos Park is the "State Historical, Architectural, and Natural Museum-Reserve." This picturesque landscape park is located on Tverdysh Island on the shore of Protective Bay of the Vyborg Gulf. Tverdysh Island was formerly known as Castle Island (Swedish: Slottsholmen, Finnish: Linnansaari). When Vyborg was part of the Kingdom of Sweden, the land on the island belonged to the treasury and was managed by the governor of Vyborg Castle. The estate complex and a few small structures are situated on an area of 180 hectares. The natural landscape lies within a special physico-geographical region — Fennoscandia. Unique stone ridges from the glacial period, made of rapakivi granite ("rotten stone"), reach heights of up to 20 meters in certain areas. Water is an integral part of the park's overall composition, connecting the mainland with a chain of rocky islands and giant boulders.

Väinämöinen in Monrepo

Unnamed Road, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

The granite gorge with the sculpture of Väinämöinen, the main hero of the Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala," serves as a natural extension of the park's most "stone" section.

The Main Gate of Monrepo

Parkovaya St., 19, Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

Решение построить новые ворота усадьбы в неоготическом стиле было принято владельцем имения, Павлом Николаем.

Source Narcissus

Unnamed Road, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

“The conductor told us that the spring water is famous for its healing power, taste, and freshness. Indeed, I have never drunk water like that in my life.”

A column erected in honor of Emperors Paul I and Alexander I (The Column of the Two Emperors)

PPMM+GJ Vyborg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

…A short dedicatory inscription, Which you can read on the base of a column Made of Finnish marble. It states: “Caesar has granted us peace.”

Obelisk of the Broglie Brothers

Unnamed Road, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

The Island of the Dead and Ludwigsburg

Unnamed Road, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

In the northern part of the Monrepo estate, on a small island that is a granite rock called Ludwigstein, there is a complex of structures and monuments, including the snow-white Ludwigsburg Chapel, the family necropolis of the Nicolai family, the Medusa Grotto, gates, a pier, and several granite staircases leading up to the rock.

Monrepo Landscape Park

Ural Street, 72, Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

A picturesque landscape park is located on Tverdysh Island on the shore of the Protective Bay of Vyborg Bay.

Witch's Cave in Monrepo

PPPC+GC Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia

In the northwest of the park, there is a small through grotto. Many legends and rumors exist about unexplained phenomena and instant healings occurring in this little cave. It is called the Witch's Cave, the Hermit's Cave, or the Cave of Wish Fulfillment. Such a mini-journey helps women to relieve nervousness, while for men it adds courage and strengthens the spirit. If you decide to visit Monrepo, know that visiting this unique place has a very beneficial effect on your mental and physical well-being.

Broken symbol of independence

Parkovaya St., 19, Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

A rare Finnish tourist visiting Monrepo understands that the granite lion on the lawn in front of the museum-reserve administration is the very same one that once proudly gazed over the city from the top of Terva-niemi hill.

Temple of Neptune

Unnamed Road, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

In the poem "The Monrepo Estate in Finland" (1804), Ludwig Nicolai mentions an "open temple" being built in the Greek style, next to which stand two old fir trees.

Chinese umbrella

Parkovaya St., 19, Vyborg, Leningrad Region, Russia, 188811

Not far from the gate, right by the fence, stands a huge boulder. On it was one of the park's "surprises" – the "Chinese Umbrella."