Chesme Column

Chesme Column in Tsarskoe Selo.

The Chesme Column (Russian: Чесменская колонна) in Tsarskoye Selo commemorates three Russian naval victories in the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774, specifically the Battle of Chesma. It was constructed in the Large Pond of the Landscape Park of the Catherine Palace to Rinaldi's designs over the years 1774-78. The column should not be confused with the Chesme Obelisk in Gatchina.

The monument is a Doric rostral column of white-and-pink marble, decorated with ship bows rostra and crowned by a bronze figure of an eagle (symbol of Russia) trampling a crescent (symbol of Turkey). The column stands on a red marble pedestal lined with bronze bas-reliefs illustrating the Russian victories: these were destroyed by the Germans during the World War II and subsequently restored from old photographs. The pedestal rests on a stepped pyramid-like granite platform.

Gallery

Catherine II strolling in the park at Tsarskoye Selo with the Chesme Column in the background
Marble Bridge in Tsarskoe Selo (1774). The Chesme Column may be seen in the distance

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Monuments of Saint Petersburg

Alexander Column Alexander Pushkin (Arts Square) Alfred Nobel (Petrogradskaya Embankment) Bronze Horseman Chesme Column Church of the Savior on Blood Column of Glory Cruiser Aurora Hero-City Obelisk Kagul Obelisk Monument to Nicholas I Moscow Triumphal Gate Nikolai Gogol (Konushennaya Street) Peter I (near St. Michael's Castle) Mother Motherland Narva Triumphal Gate

Showplaces in Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo

Other parks of Tsarskoye Selo: Alexander Park Babolovsky Park Buferniy Park Fermersky Park Otdelniy Park

Formal garden

Buildings	Catherine Palace Cameron Gallery Amber Room Palace Cruch Zubovskiy Corpse Agate rooms Grotto Top Bath Down Bath

Parklands	Hanging Gardens Rock-garden

Water gardens	Pond Pond at the top bath Cascades Canal Large Pond The Swan Fountainlet

Landscape garden

Pavilions	Hermitage Back regions of Hermitage Admiralty Pavilion on island Turkish bath Pyramid Ruin Tower Concert Hall Evening Hall Ruin Back regions Creaking arbour Pink Watchhouse Big Caprice Small Caprice

Buildings	To Kind my colleagues Gate Orlovsky Gate Gothic Gate Moreiskaya Column Chesme Column Kagul Obelisk Granite bridge Marble Bridge Сross-slide bridge Milestone Granite terrace Terrace-Colonnade Galatea Statue Sculptures of lions

Water gardens	Rope Ferry Large Pond Small pond with islands Long Pond Girl with a jug fountain Red Cascade Lake Chinese Canal

Parklands	Triangle square Ramp avenue Own garden

Other cocktail belt museums: Gatchina Pavlovsk Palace Petrodvorets

Coordinates: 59°42′36″N 30°23′37″E / 59.7101°N 30.3936°E / 59.7101; 30.3936

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