Ingerburg Gates

The Ingerburgskie Gates in Gatchina were built in 1795 at the expense of Paul I, who also initiated the construction of a school, town hall, barracks, and fortifications in Ingerburg. The northern entrance to the city along the Kiev Highway passes through these gates, through the opening of which a perspective on the 25th of October Avenue is revealed. The historical volumetric-spatial solution of the object has been partially lost due to the dismantling of the intermediate pillars and sections of the fence, and the original leaves were lost during the war years. The removed armor was conserved for the museum, and exact copies made of thin-walled bronze were installed on the pylons, while the gate grille was likely created based on a drawing by V.I. Bazhenov or V. Brenna for the Mikhailovsky Castle. The rubble stone foundations of the structure are faced with granite.