Alexander Garden in Saint Petersburg is located close to the Palace square, which is in the central part of the Saint Petersburg city. The garden has been constructed on the sight of the admiralty square. The sight formerly housed the fortifications of the admiralty. The Alexander garden was founded in the year 1872 and the construction work was completed two years later.
The Garden was constructed in honor of Peter the Great to commemorate his 200th birthday but was named after Emperor Alexander II who inaugurated the garden. The entire layout of the Alexander Garden was the brainchild of Alexander Geschwend.
What To See at Alexander Garden, Saint Petersburg
The Alexander Garden has some very beautiful fountains. The musical fountain of Alexander Garden
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was first installed in the year 1800 by Alexander Geschwend and his team. Visitors to the garden can also check out the grand statues of the composer Mikhail Glinka, poets Mikhail Lermontov, Vasily Zhukovsky, traveler Nikolai Przhevalsky and the writer Nikolai Gogol.
The Alexander Garden was badly damaged due to the bomb raids carried out during the First World War In spite of the siege of Leningrad the trees of the garden were not used for domestic utility by the residents. Reaching the Alexander Garden is easy by the Nevsky Metro station which is the nearest metro station from the garden. The avenue beside the Alexander Garden is very popular and has been mentioned by many important littérateurs of Russia.
Alexander Garden is one of the prominent tourist attractions of Saint Petersburg that draws several tourists from far and wide.
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