Летний сад
Автор: Васильева Елена ВасильевнаДолжность: учитель английского языка, зам. директора по английскому языкуУчебное заведение: ГБОУ СОШ № 180Населённый пункт: Санкт-ПетербургНаименование материала: Методическая разработка презентацияТема: Летний садРаздел: среднее образование
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The Summer Garden Give me roses, the gardens that are second to none The finest park railings the world ever known I dream in the sweet- scented shade of the limes Of mainmasts a – creak as in earlier times And the swan slowly sails through the centuries Admiring the grace of the double he sees Anna Akhmatova The Summer Garden, the oldest in the city, was laid out in 1704. Peter the Great dreamed of creating a garden more beautiful than that at Versailles and planted its trees himself. The garden was created in “regular style with strait alleys and paths, clipped shrubs and trees It originally had dozens of fountains and sculptures brought from abroad. There was a hothouse for exotic plants and rare birds. Swans swam in a canal specially dug for them. At first water for the fountains was pumped by a “great wheel” turned by horses from the river nearby the garden, which has been called The Fontanka Disastrous floods of 1777 caused great damage to the Summer Garden. The fountains and some pavilions were never reconstructed, Famous grille fenced off the Summer Garden from the Neva Embankment. It is one of the finest examples of artistic wrought-iron work in the world. The grille was designed by the architect Yuri Felten The grille designed by the architect Sharleman fenced off the Summer Garden from the south At the south entrance to the garden stands a beautiful vase of pink porphyry. It’s a present given to Nicholas I by the Swedish king Charles XIV. In 1839 the vase was installed on a pedestal The Summer Garden with its ancient oaks and limes is a popular place of recreation. Its alleys are decorated with marble sculptures Among the finest marble sculptures are busts of Alexander the Great and Julius Ceasar and the allegorical statues of Glory. Many sculptures were made by the outstanding 18 th century Venetian masters. Peter’s Summer Palace, built in 1710-1714 by Domenico Trezzini is located in the garden. This two-storey modest stone building was Peter the Great’s residence. The monument includes animals, birds and other characters of Krylov’s fables. The eminent sculptor Peter Klodt made this monument in 1855. There is a monument of the Fabulist Ivan Krylov in the Summer Garden. The writer is portrayed sitting with a book in his hands.
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