One of the regular readers, yuri_shap2015, shared an interesting observation. He pointed to a link to aerial photographs of the surroundings near St. Petersburg. In which parks are visible with their concentric outlines of paths.
Link to the map.
Pavlovsky Park, southeast of Pushkin. I do not presume to assert that this is an ancient site and the park was destroyed during the construction of the outskirts of St. Petersburg. But the very arrangement of the tracks suggests that this needs to be studied more carefully.
There are photographs of old bridges. This place is not the only one.
To the south. This area is being actively developed by the private sector. But hardly anyone in our time dug a ring pond.
Promotional video:
Most likely, the old park was turned into a cottage building. A semi-circular pond is also visible in the middle. The pond was not dug in due time?
In the city of Pushkin itself there is, most likely, a restored park or not so old. It is not oriented towards the modern north.
Interesting place. A rugged hill in the middle of residential areas. In the north-east of Pushkin
Link to the map.
But this area south of Pushkin does not remind you of the location of the streets and avenues leading to the Admiralty in St. Petersburg itself?
Coincidence? Or was there once a city here too? Let's say before St. Petersburg or before its restoration (according to an alternative version of history).
Author: sibved