Pudostsky stone ( obsolete. Pudozhsky) - calcareous tuff mined near the village of Pudost, Gatchina district, Leningrad region . The deposits date from the late Pleistocene and were formed, apparently, on the site of a small lake .
Pudost stone should not be confused with granite mined in the city of Pudozh in Karelia ( Pudozh granite ).
Pudost stone is often called limestone , which is incorrect, and also confused with other similar rocks mined in the Gatchina region, for example, with Paritsky or Chernitsky stone.
Content
- 1 Description
- 2 Facilities that were used in the construction of Pudost stone
- 2.1 Gatchina
- 2.2 Manor Ivanovka
- 2.3 Pavlovsk
- 2.4 St. Petersburg
- 2.5 Tsarskoye Selo
- 3 notes
- 4 References
Description
Pudostsky stone has a small bulk mass, porosity, frost resistance, and is also easy to process, therefore it was used for decorative work - wall cladding, sculptures . It has interesting properties that other finishing materials do not have - it changes color depending on lighting and weather, taking on different shades of gray and yellowish-gray. It has a porous structure, somewhat reminiscent of the structure of pumice , which, when used in cladding, gives the building a noble “ancient” look.
In addition to decorating, Pudost stone was used to make water filters and burn lime .
The reserves of stone in the Pudost quarries were rather small, so by the end of the XIX century they were almost completely exhausted. However, back in the 1920s , this stone was used in the restoration of sculptures of the Rostral columns .
Subsequently, crushed stone was mined in the deposit, as a result of which a lot of high-quality material was lost. This greatly affected during the restoration of buildings made of Pudost stone; I had to select other materials that were similar in color and properties.
Structures used to build Pudost stone
Gatchina
- Amphitheater (passage walls and pedestals for statues)
- Gate: Admiralty , Birch , Zverinsky , Sylvian
- Forest Greenhouse
- Bridges Karpin , Trekharochny (Karpichny, Lion's) , Admiralteysky (Kamenny, Bridge with guardrooms)
- Orel Pavilion
- Parapet around Connetable Square
- Portal "Mask"
- Sylvian wall (border of Sylvia park )
- Terrace-marina , terrace on the avenue of October 25th , terrace of the Private Garden
- Cloth factory building
In addition, balustrades, decorative vases were made from it, the lobby of the Great Gatchina Palace and the retaining wall of the Priory Palace were lined with it.
Manor Ivanovka
- The hunting lodge of Paul I
Pavlovsk
- the so-called "Big circles"
- Colonnade of Apollo
- Pedestals for the sculpture.
- Viskontiev bridge (Vases, castle stones).
St. Petersburg
- Facing the walls and columns of the Kazan Cathedral
- Sculpture of the Rostral Columns
- Exchange building
- The building of the Mining Institute
Tsarskoe Selo
- The lower tier of the Cameron Gallery and Ramp