Gatchina Palace Park

The Palace Park in Gatchina includes the Upper Dutch Garden with a marble statue of Athena and the Birch Gates, which received a roof instead of observation platforms in 1843. In the park, the Terrace-Pier (1886) and the Admiralty Gates (1887) have been restored, and the Big and Small Bridges on the circular road have been rebuilt, as well as the Hunchback Bridge and the Eagle Pavilion have been renovated. In the southern part, there is the Admiralty for Gatchina's "toy" fleet and an oval dock pond from 1795, while in the Botanical Garden, oaks have been planted in place of demolished greenhouses and cast-iron bridges have been installed on Love Island. The territory is inhabited by squirrels, moles, field mice, waterfowl birds, and five species of bats.