Terrace Pier

The Terrace-Pier in the Palace Park of Gatchina is a central structure located almost on the axis of the main palace building, and it served as a mooring place for the vessels of the Gatchina flotilla. Its upper part is a platform framed on the lake side by a balustrade, and the wall is built of Paritskaya slab and faced with Pudost stone. Under Pavel Petrovich, four marble statues depicting Sculpture, Painting, Architecture, and Mathematics were installed here, and at the entrance to the terrace there are two sculptures of recumbent lions from 1798. The statues and vases lost or damaged during the war have not yet been returned to their historical place; only their bases have been preserved, and some elements were found at the bottom of Lake Beloye.