Aviary (Gatchina)

The Ptichnik is a stone, one-story, U-shaped building on the bank of the Kolpanka River on the southern border of the Zverinets Park in Gatchina, built in the late 18th century according to the design of architect A. D. Zakharov. In its center is a two-story section, framed by low side wings and small round towers. Due to the death of Emperor Paul I, construction was interrupted, so the building lacks the planned decorative elements — vases and eagle-shaped ornaments. In the spring of 2020, the fence around the Ptichnik was dismantled due to the expansion of the museum-reserve territory, and now the building is located behind the new park fence along the Pilnenskaya Road.