Чесменская колонна

Under reconstruction at the moment.

The monument of Russian glory.

Очень красиво! При этом колонна не доминирует над парком, а очень органично вписывается и формирует очаровательный пейзаж. И против света (Солнца) на неё лучше не смотреть, а то получится что-то непонятное, типа того, что установлено в Москве в парке Победы. А вот летом при дневном солнечном свете выглядит очень симпатично!

Designed by architect Antonio Rinaldi, crowned with an eagle trampling a crescent. Empress Catherine II dedicated the column to three victories of the Russian fleet: Chios - on June 24, 1770 in the Strait of Chios a battle was fought under the command of Count AG Orlov and Admiral GA Spiridov, in which 10 Russian warships and 7 frigates defeated the Turkish fleet, Chesmenskaya - on June 26 was the battle of Cesme, in which the entire Turkish fleet was burned and Mytilene - in November 1770 the island of Mytilene was occupied, as a result of which part of the enemy forces escaped, and the remains of Turkish warships are destroyed. During the war, the bronze bas-reliefs of the column were lost. In 1996, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy, designed by architect Alexander Kedrinsky, they were recreated again.

One of the original dominants of Catherine Park. The author is famous architect Antonio Rinaldi. established in an honestly historic victory in Chesme Bay during the Russo-Turkish War.