Monplaisir Garden


The Monplaisir Garden is a garden by the Monplaisir Palace of the Peterhof Palace Complex, Russia.
The garden was laid out according to a sketch of Peter the Great during 1714-1716. The layout of the garden consists of four flower stalls, separated by crossing alleys. The main decorations of the garden are its fountains. The largest one is The Sheaf, in the center of the garden composition. It has a major main jet and twenty-four small inclined jets. This fountain marks the central point of the entire composition.
Side alleys of the garden have a number of . Two of them are disguised as benches, named «Диванчики». The fountain is activated when one steps on a pavement in front of such a "bench", and the person will be sprinkled.