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The Turkish Bath

Categories / Tsarskoe Selo and town of Pushkin. The digital chronological reference book/The Pantheon of military glory/Monuments dedicated to important events of the military history of Russia of the XVII - XIX centuries

There is a monument in the Catherine Park that reminds of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828 - 1829. An oriental style stone building – the Turkish Bath Pavilion – is situated on a small cape that pushes out to a lake. The Pavilion was built in 1852 by order of Imperator Nikolay Pavlovich in commemoration of conclusion of the Peace Treaty of Adrianople that concluded the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. The treaty opened the Dardanelles and the Bosporus to all Russian vessels. Russia took Moldavia, Walachia, and Serbia under its protection and patronage.
According to the design of architect I.A. Monigetti the Pavilion has two domes and a tall turret shaped as a minaret with a crescent at the top that makes it look as a Mauritanian mosque.
In 1941-1945 the Turkish Bath was severely damaged by artillery shots.