Square Ponds Fountains

The Fountains of the Square Ponds in the Upper Garden of Peterhof are separate objects of cultural heritage of federal significance, excavated in 1719 with walls laid one and a half bricks thick. The fountains themselves were created in 1737 according to the designs of I. Blank and I. Davydov, and their lead figures, which had deteriorated by the 1760s, were replaced in the 1770s. During the 1927 restoration, marble statues "Spring" and "Summer" from Oranienbaum were installed in the ponds, and after the war they were moved to other objects of the ensemble. Restoring the pond walls in the first post-war period was critically important, as the operation of the Grand Cascade depended on them.