In memory of the conclusion of the Iasi Peace Treaty of 1791, Empress Catherine II commissioned architect Giacomo Quarenghi to design the Turkish Bath pavilion. This project has not been implemented. Nicholas I decided to implement the intention of the grandmother-Empress by decorating the park with a pavilion dedicated to the victories of the Russian army over the Turks, but already during another victorious war for Russia with Turkey in 1828-1829 and the Adrianople Peace Treaty concluded as a result of it. The original design of the pavilion was prepared in 1848 by architect Carl Rossi. He used, as a model, sketches of the bathhouse of the harem of the Old Palace in Adrianople, made in 1829-1830 by order of Nicholas I by the librarian of the Emperor Karl Seger 1788-1840 and the battle artist August Desarno 1788-1840. Marble details of its decoration, exported to Russia, were supposed to be used in the interior of the bathhouse.

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