Ekaterinverder

Ekaterinverder is a historical district of Gatchina, first mentioned in the decree of Paul I in January 1797 as one of the four parts of the city. According to the project of architect Brenna, a residential complex for officers with barracks, shops, and triumphal arches was planned here, but only the Ekaterinverder Tower Block was built. This octagonal tower, whose lower floor is rusticated horizontally, externally repeats the corner towers of the palace quadrangles, and its appearance was preserved during the reconstruction in the mid-19th century. Some of the unfinished structures of the quarter were later moved to other outskirts of the city, for example to Marienburg and Kolpany.