Fountain "Pyramid" is located in the East of the Lower Park of Peterhof Palace and Park complex. Fountain, contrary to Peterhof tradition, is situated away from the parade ensembles, separately, on a separate Pyramid Mall. The pyramid is the oldest and most beautiful monument of the Capital of Fountains.

This fountain has appeared in the Peterhof Park under Peter and according to his plan. Then it got its name, due to its unusual shape, reminiscent of Versailles "obelisk" (architect J. Arduan-Mansur). The first mention of the fountain can be found in the decree of Peter I in 1721

The development of the project of the fountain "Pyramid" was entrusted to the chief architect of Peterhof N. The Michetti. In the initial sketch, the fountain is depicted not in the form of a quadrangular pyramid, and a full copy of Versailles "the obelisk" with a triangular base. But Peter, who in his decree made it clear that he wants to Peterhof was "Pyramid" since the area selected under the fountain, had a square shape, made note that the pyramid at the base had four corners. Thus was defined the unique shape of the fountain.

The construction of the fountain was directed by Mikhail Zemtsov, with the participation of the fountain master P. Soulama. The construction of the fountain was begun in the autumn of 1721, and was completed by the summer of 1724 was Then put water, but Peter, after examining and testing the operation of the fountain, in October, gave the order to the architect to alter the "Pyramid" and to reduce the number of steps in the cascade. The works are likely to have been completed only after the death of Peter I, by the summer of 1725 But in that time the appearance of the fountain was different from today. Though then a water column height of 8 m filled the pool and ran down the three steps of the cascade. Then they were made of wood and covered with lead.

By the beginning of the second half of the 18th century formal gardens with precise geometry plan was a thing of the past. In their place came the shady "English" gardens with meandering paths and ancient trees. In the Lower Park neatly trimmed trees and trellis and gave place to large trees, and the fountain, as if almost lost that gave her a special charm. Trellis surrounding the fountain in the form of a labyrinth, gone.

Until the end of the 18th century, the appearance of the fountain remained virtually unchanged, only in 1799 was made the marble edge of the fountain and the benches by V. Yakovlev (built in 1770). Marble was made at the Peterhof lapidary factory. June 6, 1800 construction work was carried out under the guidance of Brower, were completed. In this view of the fountain and reached our days.

Fountain "Pyramid" is a pool, square in plan, dimensions Hm. Crowned with its marble balustrade with an eight-metre pole, resembling a pyramid. The water in the inclined pipe flows into seven chambers cast iron square box, which is hermetically closed bronze lid with a hole to 505 injectors, from the Pyramid of the pond. The height of the streams regulate the valves. This creates a shared array of the pyramid, consisting of seven tiers. Of all the fountains of the Peterhof Park fountain "Pyramid" is the most water-intensive – here takes about 200 liters of water per second. The jet of the fountain is on a dais with three steps. Filling rectangular pool, water flows into four cascades, each of which has five steps, into the moat, which encircles the perimeter of the entire ensemble. On both sides of the cascades are marble bridges by which one can approach the balustrade.

Like other monuments of Peterhof, originally conceived only as a monument of victory in one important for Russia war, today the fountain "Pyramid" (like the rest of Peterhof) is also a monument of the victory in the great Patriotic war. The fountain was just mutilated the German invaders (was not blown up, smashed). In 1953 he was again brought back to life P. Lavrentiev sons and I. Smirnov in 1953, He can rightly be considered as the obelisk in the name of the centuries-long struggle of the Russian people for the integrity of their cultural heritage.