Konnetabl (Gatchina)

The Konnetable is an obelisk with a square in Gatchina, located at the intersection of 25 Oktyabrya Avenue and Krasnoarmeysky Avenue. At the top of the restored monument, there is a copper ball with a diameter of about 53 centimeters and a gilded conical spire with a platinum tip, and on the pedestal, by order of the emperor, only the dates 1793 and 1886 are indicated. In 1881, the obelisk was damaged by a lightning strike, which gave rise to rumors of human interference or the fall of an object from a balloon, and during the occupation of 1941, the Germans installed a swastika on it, which was removed in January 1944.