Ekaterininsky Park is located in Moscow between Suvorovskaya Square, Olimpiyskiy Prospekt and Trifonovskaya Street. It occupies a fairly large area - 16 hectares. This picturesque place is a monument and a magnificent example of landscape art.
History
Until the fifteenth century, the territory of this green zone was not built up. Its significant part was occupied by meadows, groves and pastures. Starting from the 16th century, the territory located along the bed of the Samoteka River flowing here began to be actively built up. Thus, the Ex altation of the Cross Monastery, the royal village, and later the Church of Tryphon appeared here. In the eighteenth century, the country estate of Count V. S altykov began to be built in this area, next to which a small park with a pond was subsequently laid out. In 1807, the estate was rebuilt, since that time the Catherine Women's Institute has been located in it.
The northern sections of the park gradually begin to be ennobled, two large streets appear. In 1888 Alexander Immer - Commerce Councilor and Honorary Citizen - rentsa small part of the territory where he creates a plant nursery, an experimental station, as well as numerous hotbeds and greenhouses.
In the twentieth century, the Catherine Park is noticeably changing. Instead of the church of Tryphon, the building of the TsDKA hotel is being built, the Samotechka River was enclosed in an underground pipe, and Olympic Avenue was laid through the green zone. Today, the Catherine Park in Moscow has a museum of the Armed Forces and an art studio named after. Grekova.
Today
In 1999, at the initiative of the mayor, a decision was made to create a complex for social services and cultural recreation for veterans on the territory of the green zone. Ekaterininsky Park is being improved more and more, today it is a comfortable and environmentally friendly recreation area almost in the very center of the capital. Here find a place for creativity photographers and artists. Ekaterininsky Park is a great place to relax with the whole family. There are playgrounds, recreation areas for the elderly. For active Muscovites, outdoor exercise equipment, boat rental, a football field, a zorb (a huge inflatable ball) are provided. There is also a small chapel on the territory of the recreation area, open to parishioners almost around the clock.
Catherine Park, Pushkin
This amazing masterpiece of landscape art incorporates features from a variety of styles. It got its name thanks to its location here, near St. Petersburg,Catherine's Palace. Gardeners I. Focht and J. Rozin worked on the layout of the green zone. When visiting Pushkino, Ekaterininsky Park and numerous architectural structures of this place, you can notice the features of various styles and eras. The oldest part of the green zone is called the "Old Garden". Here, on the initiative of Catherine II, gazebos, covered alleys and ponds appeared in the 18th century. The landscape English garden, created in the second half of the eighteenth century, is located behind the Cameron Gallery. It is filled with architectural structures that resemble the forms of ancient Roman monuments and structures that imitate Chinese motifs.
