Paradise Garden, Perm, Public park in Motovilikha district, Perm, Russia
Paradise Garden is a public park in the Motovilikha district featuring a white rotunda building with eight columns at its center. The grounds contain walking paths that wind through planted areas and open spaces where people can sit and observe the surroundings.
The park began in 1865 on the grounds of a former copper processing works, and was known by different names including Angel Garden and Old Factory Garden. It later developed into its current form as a recreational space for the surrounding district.
The garden's name comes from its 1865 origin as a park laid out on the site of a closed copper-smelting works; locals also called it the Angel Garden. Today wedding corteges often drive here, and concerts are held in the eight-column rotunda at the centre. An angel statue found in the overgrowth during the 2008–2010 reconstruction now stands at the entrance.
The park can be accessed from several points and has well-maintained pathways throughout the grounds. In warmer months the vegetation provides shade, while in winter the structure of the space becomes more visible.
Near the rotunda stands a stone statue of a rescue dog, placed during the 2008–2010 reconstruction that cost 28 million rubles. The same works uncovered an angel statue in the overgrowth; it was cleaned and set at the garden entrance.
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