Peter the Great designed St. Petersburg to be like western European cities. Peterhof, he planned to be like Versailles. When I went to Paris in September 1996 and visited Versailles, tourist season was over, so all of the fountains were off -- a great disappointment. Happily, the fountains were all on at Peterhof.
The grand fountain shows Samson ripping open the lion's mouth, a symbol used by Peter the Great for his naval victory over the Swedes.More of the Grand Fountain.
At a Fountain in front of the Great Palace.The Roman Columns (of course there is a pair, but I didn't have a wide angle lens to capture them both).
The Pyramid
Even in Russia, parents let their children play in fountains! This is a "trick fountain" meaning it randomly spits water when people are walking on it. (The Lonely Planet guide book said that kids are always on it, so the fountain is constantly on.)
This fountain spun around, very slowly.
This fountain was on the canal that would bring Peter in from the sea.
All of the water in these fountains are recycled by gravity - a forward thinking innovation designed by Peter the Great.
2 comments:
Very pretty! You are so lucky to have gone there!
I loved the fountains! Thanks for sharing these; they are beautiful!
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