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The Summer Garden possesses an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg, Russia and offers its name with the neighboring Summer Palace of Peter the Great. The stop was by and by composed by Czar Peter in 1704, as far as anyone knows, with the help of the Dutch plant specialist and Doctor Nicolaas Bidloo. Beginning from 1712, the planting of the Summer Garden was additionally expounded by the Dutch nursery worker Jan Roosen, who was the main plant specialist of the recreation center till 1726. The notable French engineer Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, who touched base in St. Petersburg in 1716, added to the recreation center the kind of a Garden a la francaise.
The Summer Garden was to a great extent finished in 1719. The strolls were fixed with a hundred symbolic marble models, executed by Francesco Penso, Pietro Baratta, Marino Gropelli, Alvise Tagliapietra, Bartolomeo Modulo and other Venetian artists that were obtained by Sava Vladislavich. In the late twentieth century, 90 surviving statues were moved inside, while present day imitations had their spot in the park.The grouping of designed parterres, initially more formal than the present scene, were the site of Imperial gatherings, or rich gatherings which regularly included balls, dining experiences, and firecrackers.

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