Catherine Park

Original vintage tourist advertising brochure in Russian and German Catherine Park / Ekaterininskij park / Katerinen-Park produced by the Main Directorate of Culture of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council of the State Museum in Pushkin. The brochure is dedicated to the large landscaped area to the south of the Catherine Palace, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin), 25 km southeast of St. Petersburg, Russia. The park complex was created over the XVIII-XIX centuries and is considered one of the world's best examples of garden and park art. Includes photographs of popular attractions like the Hermitage Museum and Catherine Palace by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Fountain «Girl with a jug», Marble Bridge, and the park scheme on the back cover. Published by Vneshnetorgizdat, 30 pages. Very good condition, tears on the spine and cover, minor creasing.