Temple of Friendship, Neoclassical rotunda in Pavlovsk Park, Russia

The Temple of Friendship is a rotunda of pale yellow brick with white trim, standing on a low stepped white stone base in the bend of the Slavyanka River in Pavlovsk Park. Sixteen fluted Greek Doric columns without bases ring a windowless wall; round white plaster medallions by J. D. Rascher sit between them, and a ribbed grey dome with a small cupola covers both rotunda and colonnade under one roof.

Charles Cameron completed the design in late 1779 and the foundation stone was laid in June 1780; construction ran to 1784. Paul Petrovich and Maria Feodorovna commissioned it as a gift of thanks to his mother, Catherine II, for the Pavlovsk estate lands she had granted them. The foundation ceremony was attended by Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire.

The pavilion's name comes from its purpose: a gift of gratitude from Grand Duke Paul and Maria Feodorovna to Catherine II for the Pavlovsk lands. The frieze carries the message in stone, alternating dolphins, a symbol of friendship in classical myth, with vine wreaths. Above, four round relief medallions by Jacques-Dominique Rachette repeat allegories of the empress.

The temple sits within the larger park grounds and can be visited during daytime hours throughout the year. The location is easily reached on foot, with accessible pathways leading through the park to the structure.

The gilded dedication above the entrance was shortened to "Love, reverence and gratitude dedicated [this]" because Emperor Joseph II of the Holy Roman Empire attended the 1780 foundation ceremony; only the letter "ь" of the lost inscription survives in the museum. The frieze metopes alternate dolphins, a symbol of friendship, with vine wreaths.