Sun fountain (Saint Petersburg) | pond

Russia / Sankt Petersburg / Petrodvorets / Saint Petersburg / Nizhny park
 fountain, pond
he fountain is placed in the centre of the large pool (70 x 30 m), included into the ensemble of the Menagerie Garden. The author of the design was Niccolo Michetti (1724). In the 1770s Velten made the original construction of the fountain more complicated. Now its central fountain is represented by the column (3.5 m high), on the peak of which the double gilt disc is set. Water jets spurt around the disc. The column rolls with the help of the water wheel hidden in the pedestal
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Coordinates:   59°53'7"N   29°55'10"E
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