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An Englishman, Charles Cameron, 1740-1812,
arrived in Russia in 1779 to contribute his experience and knowledge to the
decoration of the royal estates near Saint Petersburg. His first commission was
the beautiful park in Pavlovsk, built for the Crown Prince Paul, but more often
enjoyed by his wife Marie. He dotted it with lovely temples, charming pavilions
and monuments, and then in 1782-1785 added a large castle with cubical forms
and a row of Greek columns. In Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin) Cameron built, adjacent
to the south side of the Catherine palace, a lovely covered gallery, about 250
feet long, which permitted promenades during bad weather. See the section on
Tsarskoye Selo for photos. He also built a swimming pool and covered the walls
of the rooms with agate
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