Pergola (from the Italian Pergola – an annex, canopy) is a gazebo covered with greenery, forming corridors along the western shore of the pond located in front of the Chinese Palace. It consists of fifty-four pylons, each 2 meters 55 centimeters high. The pylons are made of Pudost stone and topped with a wooden lattice for climbing plants. The pergola consists of 54 stone pylons over 2.5 meters tall, built from Pudost stone and covered on top with wooden latticework. In the shade of the climbing plants, one could shelter from the sun on a summer day.
A flower garden is laid out on the pond’s shore, with a bronze sculpture “Ilioneus” in its center — a copy of an ancient Greek statue from the 4th century. Nearby, you can see a boulder with the commemorative date “1762,” indicating the year the Chinese Palace was built. In the place where the pergola now stands, Antonio Rinaldi had planned to build a Coffee House, but the architect’s design was never realized.
The pergola with a pier in Oranienbaum was built much later — in the 1870s, during the development of the Upper Park, including Catherine’s Own Garden. The structure was heavily damaged during the war but was restored in 1949.
Sources:
https://www.spb-guide.ru/pergola-s-pristanyu-oranienbaum.htm
