The principal axis of the ensemble combines baroque gardens in the metropolitan cathedral and houses for Svyatoyurskoy grief .
By analogy with the Vatican Belvedere Palace , whose construction in the 15th century Pope George II commissioned the architect Bramante, with three-way Esplanade terraces and balconies metropolitan chambers of the east side are read quadra eight flower parterres , a central pool and decorative composition bosketni halls,Clemens completed the project in 1771, Xavier Fesinger (stored at the National Museum in Lviv )It starts from the terrace entrance portal of the cathedral, oriented east to west and through the majestic open space vestibyulnoy Cathedral Square - kuryoly that you can see , standing on the front terrace, grand staircase , extends eastward to the western main entrance of the Metropolitan Palace.
According to the plan B. Meretina , in the composition of the ensemble perfectly accounted for and internal visual connections - it dovzolyalo in detail a plan to inspect the middle of the garden, where you will the Metropolitan Palace, and the bottom of the garden, where the dominant main compositional axis .Only the transverse axis from south to north is tangential to the upper garden terrace esplanade , which housed the Metropolitan Palace, and the composition of the squares of the median of the garden, forming a composite short -axis of the lower garden with a ladder, a grotto beneath them and sitemy power of retaining walls .Grotto under the observation terrace with stairs leading dvoramenni completes the short axis of the composition of the lower garden of flowers between the two partners and bosketnimy halls - one from the east , the other from the west.Four rectangular shape of flower parterres , terraces located across the middle of the garden, visually create the illusion of approximations to the squares by reducing the prospects.Those that are located on both sides of the water parterre , solved based on the French flower parterres exquisite lace floral pattern , and those that followed - a more restrained composition. Contour line of floral partners in the corners of each element of the quadrupole enhanced topiarnogo art of plant forms in pots .
C. The plans -K.Fesinger made from life in 1771, a different model compositions middle of the garden. Eight blocks, with a decorative pool in the shape of a circle in the center form a composition that more closely resembles a Renaissance style than Baroque , the more rococo.
Baroque gardens at Mount Svyatoyurskoy , like many other regular songs century 17-18 late 18th - early. 19 pereplanovuvatisya began under the influence of the naturalistic principles of English park art . On the left axis of the primary structure , retaining walls, fragments of gardens zalishilm Noah decoration.In general, the latest plan was with curved paths and vilnorozkidanimy clumps of flowers.
In the 2nd half of the 19th - early 20th century was organized orchard on the eastern slope of the mountain.
I. Levinsky performed fence project , approved by the Metropolitan A. Sheptytsky, but never implemented.1993 put a wire fence between the metal columns. Since 1946 the whole complex of churches , monasteries and gardens became the property of the Orthodox Consistory.
In the early 21st century, collapsed part of the eastern and northern walls.
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