Belle Estate

The Belle estate in Peterhof at Sadovaya Street, 24E was originally rebuilt by architect Ippolit Pretro at the invitation of Nikolay Belle from his father's old dacha. In 1921–1929, a rest house of the Petrograd Gubprosvet Council was located on its territory, and in 1948, the buildings were occupied by a warehouse of the Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Engineering. By 2019, the KGIOP recorded numerous violations of the protection obligation in the estate and initiated five administrative cases due to arbitrary construction work. The owners were proud of their collection of hydrangeas, which was located in one of the greenhouses.