Alexander Park Photo: Alexander Park

Near Trinity Memorial cemetery and an equestrian monument to the legendary trooper maiden are the main gate is the oldest Park in Elabuga. City Alexander Park is a picturesque landmark of the city and a favorite place of rest and recreation for residents and visitors of the city.

In 1856, in honour of the coronation of Alexander II was laid garden, named Alexander. In 1866 (after the failed assassination attempt on the king) in honor of the rescue of the Emperor garden ennoble, using the principles of English landscape gardening. In 1868 Alexander Park was a freely arranged lawns, meadows, trees and winding paths, as if created by nature itself. In shady corners was a bench, through the ravines were spanned by bridges, glades arbors for vacationers, and in the depths of the Park was a wooden building of the theatre.

In 1980-ies were installed in the Park rides, kids carousel and the race track, built a dance floor and a fountain. A Ferris wheel named Ferris wheel because of an opening panorama on devil's Fort from the top point of attraction. In the 1990s, the Park was abandoned: baby swings and rides were broken, ravines overgrown lawns and only old trees creating a sense of comfort abandoned city Park.

In 2010, the Alexander garden revived: cleared glades, installed a new fountain, a gazebo and a decorative bridge. Along the edges of paved pathways, benches and lanterns. In the framework of all-Russian Spassky fair in the Park gets a Ball descendants, where there is a meeting of the descendants of the famous residents of the city - Shishkina, Stakheev, Tsvetaeva, Durova, Pinegina, etc.

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