The Adam and The Eve fountains, Twin fountain pair in the Lower Park of Peterhof, Russia

The Adam and Eve fountains are twin fountains of the Peterhof palace-and-park ensemble, set on the axis of the Marly Alley, the park's main avenue running parallel to the sea. Adam stands in the eastern part of the park, Eve in the western part, each near the centre of its half. Each basin is a regular octagon of cut, profiled granite with a diagonal of 17 m; in the middle, on a tall pedestal, a statue is ringed by sixteen slightly inclined jets rising 7 m. The water breaks into large drops that are audible from afar.

The sculptures were commissioned by Peter I through his envoy S. L. Raguzinsky and carved in Venice by Giovanni Bonazza; they reached Peterhof in 1718. The Adam basin, designed by Nicolò Michetti, was finished in October 1722, with Peter ordering an octagonal shape instead of a round one. Work on the Eve fountain began in 1725 under T. Usov and it started running in autumn 1726, under Catherine I.

The sculptures of Adam and Eve were modeled after figures from the Doge's Palace in Venice, giving them a direct link to Italian Renaissance art. Visitors moving through the park naturally stop here, as the figures stand at the center of converging paths and draw the eye from a distance.

The fountains run from late April through mid-October, and a morning visit generally means fewer people and better light on the water and sculptures. Both fountains are easy to reach on foot and sit along main paths in the Lower Park.

The statues now standing in the pools are copies: the Eve replica was carved in artificial marble in 1986, the Adam replica by the firm "Peterburgskaya skulptura" in 2001. The originals are displayed in the Western Gallery of the Grand Palace, so the figures in the water are not the 1718 sculptures.