Fountains "Adam" and "eve" are paired fonts Palace and Park ensemble "Peterhof". They are located on the axis of the main alley – Marly the alley that runs parallel to the coastline. Fountain "Adam" is located in the Eastern part of the Park, and "eve" – in the West. These fountains are semantic and compositional centers of the respective parts of the Park and are in their Central points. Fountains "Adam" and "eve" attract attention from afar, appearing in perspectives from different viewpoints. Around the fountain is a small platform from which the rays of large and small alleys.

The type of engineering and art fountain solution, both identical. The architectural design of these fountains are quite simple: each pool of the fountain is composed of profiled hewn granite and is a regular octagon with a diagonal of 17 m On a high pedestal in the center of the fountain is a sculpture, which is framed by a circle, consisting of sixteen inclined powerful jets with a height of 7 m. features Fountains abounding and the beauty of the water drawing. Device water cannons are designed so that, high up, water, breaks up into large drops and not sprayed, to the sides, and the drops fall into the pool can be seen from afar.

The author of the sculptures for fountains "Adam" and "eve" is the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza. He had received an order from the diplomatic representative of Russia in Italy, Rogozinska S. L., which acted on behalf of Peter the Great. Most likely, this order involves the production of copies of famous Renaissance statues of Adam and eve that decorate the Doges ' Palace belonging to the hand of the sculptor of the 15th century j But. Bonazza differently filled the form of statues and interpreted their details, while retaining the pose and overall composition, making them the style trends of the Baroque. This symbiosis of two styles defined creative luck master: Rogozinski wrote to the king that even in Versailles't seen these sculptures.

Sculpture of Adam and eve, were taken to Peterhof in 1718 at First they were placed on pedestals as Park sculpture in the center of the sites, which were later laid the fountains. When in October 1722, had completed work on the device pool of the fountain on the project Niccolo Michetti, the figure of Adam took its present location. Peter was in no hurry to build the second fountain. He earned only during the reign of Catherine I in 1726 Pool for fountain "eve" was built under the project and under the guidance of architect N. Usova.

From the beginning, the symbolism of these pair of fountains was interpreted quite simple: Adam and eve are the progenitors of the human race is allegorical images of Peter and Catherine, the forefathers of the Russian Empire. This interpretation was developed during the reign of Catherine I; after all, no wonder the fountain "eve" was built on her property.

Twin fountains "Adam" and "eve" are the only ones in the Peterhof ensemble, retaining its original sculptural decoration; for nearly three hundred years they have not changed.

Songs sites of fountains are complemented by a trellis arbors. Even long before earned the fountains, there appeared a wooden gazebo; their number has varied from year to year, and changed their appearance. Those established here today, recreated the "Adam" - in the 70-ies of the 20th century, the "eve" - in the 2000s, and resemble those gazebos that were installed according to the drawings of F. Brower in the early 19 century