2024

MONREPOS PARK

Natural site to discover

This huge neo-Gothic-inspired park built between the 18th and 19th centuries is located on the grounds of the former estate of Baron von Nicolay. Of Strasbourg origin, scholar in the languages and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, the poet Ludwig von Nicolay (1737-1820) was the tutor and then private secretary of Paul I of Russia. With its necropolis-island with buildings of ancient inspiration, its romantic alleys winding along the Gulf of Finland, it offers possibilities for walks conducive to poetic dreams.

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