Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; canal; visitors; popular
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; stately home; grand building; impressive; sunlight; peaceful; green; fountain; water spray; tourist attraction; gardens; water jets; gold; golden; gilded; blue skies
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; flag pole; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; tourist attraction; pool; visitors
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; canal
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; canal
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; gold statues
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; canal
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; visitors; gardens; lawns
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; pool; tourist attraction
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; pool; tourist attraction
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; stately home; grand building; impressive; gold; head; fountain; spurt; water jet; water spout
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; flag pole; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; pool; tourist attraction
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; visitors; crowds of people; busy
Grand Cascade, Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; staircase; steps; tourist attraction; gold statues; fountain; water show;
Description
The Grand Cascade is modelled on one constructed for Louis XIV at his Château de Marly, which is likewise memorialised in one of the park's outbuildings. At the centre of the cascade is an artificial grotto with two stories, faced inside and out with hewn brown stone. It currently contains a modest museum of the fountains' history. One of the exhibits is a table carrying a bowl of (artificial) fruit, a replica of a similar table built under Peter's direction. The table is rigged with jets of water that soak visitors when they reach for the fruit, a feature from Mannerist gardens that remained popular in Germany. The grotto is connected to the palace above and behind by a hidden corridor. The fountains of the Grand Cascade are located below the grotto and on either side of it. Their waters flow into a semicircular pool, the terminus of the fountain-lined Sea Channel. In the 1730s, the large Samson Fountain was placed in this pool. It depicts the moment when Samson tears open the jaws of a lion, representing Russia's victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War, and is doubly symbolic. The lion is an element of the Swedish coat of arms, and one of the great victories of the war was won on St Samson's Day. From the lion's mouth shoots a 20-metre-high vertical jet of water, the highest in all of Peterhof. This masterpiece by Mikhail Kozlovsky was looted by the invading Germans during the Second World War; see History below. A replica of the statue was installed in 1947. Perhaps the greates
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; flag pole; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; tourist attraction; pool; visitors
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; visitors; tourist attraction; people; crowds; popular
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; colours of the rainbow; refraction of light; light spectrum
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; fountain; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; pool; tourist attraction; pool; lake; summer house; boy on fish; cupid; green; growth
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; grand building; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; steps; gold statues; waterway; visitors; popular; people; crowds; black and white tiles
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jets of water; plume; geyser; stately home; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; gold; head; fountain; spurt; water jet; water spout; F80
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Peterhof Palace Grounds, near St. Petersburg, Russia; jet of water; plume; geyser; impressive; spray; rise and fall; power; great height; tourist attraction; pool; visitors; F80
Fountains and garden are part of Grand Palace on Kronstadt Island in the Gulf of Finland built for Peter the Great and begun in 1714. Work continued well into the 19th century. Water is supplied without pumps from natural springs and higher collection reservoirs. An M&N Publishing photograph, larger 35MB file available on request
