Concert Hall (Pavilion)

The concert hall in the Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo, built according to Quarenghi's design for music with two cabinets, is dedicated to the goddess Ceres. Its interiors have preserved floors with inlays of Roman mosaics from the late 1st – early 2nd century AD, and in the large hall there is a mosaic from the late 2nd – early 3rd century depicting the abduction of Europa, brought from Rome in 1784. On the opposite side of the pavilion there is a rotunda of ten columns with a low rounded dome, and in the Picturesque Cabinet ancient sculptures "Roman Matron" from the 2nd century and "Aphrodite in the Gardens" from the 1st century AD are exhibited. The pavilion was restored for the 300th anniversary of Tsarskoye Selo and is open to visitors in the summer.