Cascade with a lock - a dam on the banks of the Kolpanka River between the parks of Silvia and Zverinets in the city of Gatchina, Leningrad Region . The construction was built at the end of the 18th century , presumably according to the design of N. A. Lvov [1] .
| Park facilities | |
| Cascade with gateway | |
|---|---|
 Cascade with gateway until 1917 | |
| A country |  Russia |
| City | Gatchina |
| Project Author | N. A. Lvov |
| Construction | 1797 - 1799 years |
| Status |  An object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation of federal significance. Reg. No. 471720731080046 ( EGROKN ). (Wikigid database) |
| condition | unsatisfactory |
When the Sylvia Park was created at the end of the 18th century , N. A. Lvov developed a project called the “Cascade with a Gateway”. In the fall of 1797, excavation work on the dam at the Bird's House was completed , after which construction work was carried out for another year and a half. The dam was lined with slabs of Parisian limestone. The cascade with the gateway made up a single ensemble together with the nearby Naumakhiya [2] . Near the Cascade was a pedestrian Bridge Ruin , which is sometimes, erroneously, referred to as "laid along the Cascade."
During the 19th century, Cascade repeatedly carried out work on maintaining the Cascade with a gateway in working condition [2] .
Subsequently, no work was carried out here. The dam was washed away by water, the plates collapsed. To date, the ruins of Cascade are overgrown with grass; a “temporary” pedestrian bridge was laid through his remains.
Notes
- ↑ Yu. M. Piryutko Gatchina. Artistic Monuments of the City and Its Environs - L .: Lenizdat. 1979.
- ↑ 1 2 Architectural Monuments of the Suburbs of Leningrad - L .: Stroyizdat, Leningrad Branch. 1985.