In the center, the Hothouse garden of the Palace and Park complex of Peterhof, at the intersection of alleys with a fountain "Greenhouse", or "Triton tearing the jaws of a sea monster." It was built in 1726 on a plan So Usov. The construction of the pipeline was carried out under the supervision of P. Salema. Water was pumped from the East Square of the pond, located in the Upper garden.

The construction of the fountain in the area of Peterhof was caused not only aesthetic but also practical (economic) considerations: here it was necessary for the pool from which to draw water for watering flowers and trees in the garden. Initially, the pool was surrounded by a 16-tyrannie shape, after it has been simplified and replaced by a round. As such, the pool and has survived to the present time. Its diameter is 15 meters. Bordered profiled cordon of stone light tone.

In the center of the basin of the fountain of the Triton tearing the jaws of a sea monster" on four-beam tuff basis set dynamic sculptural composition by twisting the back, covered with scales, the beast talons up Triton. Triton in Greek mythology, was a sea deity, son of sea God Poseidon and the Nereid Amphitrite. It was depicted as a young or old man. Instead of legs he had a fish tail. The monster presented in the shape of a crocodile with a big fish tail. Incredibly powerful force journal of depths breaks his toothy maw, from which escapes 8-simitrova water jet. From the wrestling opponents in fright, craning their necks otpolzat 4 turtles, from mouths which hit a two-metre jet of water. Sculptural group represents a symbol of the victory of the Russian fleet at Gangut in July 1714.

The first sculpture installed in the fountain, called "Satyr with a snake". It was made of lead free model K.-B. Rastrelli. By the end of the eighteenth century lead sculpture decor fountain dilapidated. In 1816, I. P. Martos, looking at the fountain, noted that the lead group in the pool, representing a huge 2-Hvostov Triton, bursting the mouth of the serpent, in some places quite broken, the corners of the group 4 lead the turtles are in poor condition. The sculptor has offered to replace these pieces in bronze. But the proposal Martos is not approved, and lead the group and stood in the pool, undergoing endless renovation projects.

Until 1875 continued this story, when the fountain master K. Balcon noted that in the Greenhouse fountain lead sculpture "Satyr "came from a time in such a condition that it is no way to fix it".

In 1876 instead of the shot of the ensemble set a new, cast of lead electroforming method according to the sketch of Professor D. Jensen, and he became known as "Triton of the crocodile".

During the great Patriotic war the fountain was destroyed. Restored it in 1956. Sculptor A. Guriel on the drawings B. K. Rastrelli, who managed to keep the album engineer A. Bazhenova, bronze was recreated sculptural group of the fountain.