Alexander Park

Classic park
Miniature park
The Architects

Coordinates: 59°57′50″N 30°17′24″E / 59.964°N 30.290°E / 59.964; 30.290

Alexander Park or Alexandrovsky Park (Russian: Алекса́ндровский парк) is a park in Petrogradskaya Storona of Saint Petersburg, Russia, one from the first public parks in St. Petersburg.

Has the only outdoor miniature park in Russia.

The Architects, a bronze sculptural group by Alexander Taratynov was installed in June 15, 2011. Comissioned by Gazprom it depicts the great architects of Russian Empire. For a statue of a French architect Thomas de Thomon, the image of British chemist and mineralogist Thomas Thomson was mistakenly used. Taratynov blamed Wikipedia for the error but also himself for not checking with a historian to verify the image he used was accurate.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Jack Aitchison (20 August 2018). "Wikipedia gaffe sees statue to Glasgow professor erected in RUSSIA". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Ilya Kazakov (August 16, 2018). "Как Алексей Миллер подарил Петербургу вместо русского зодчего шотландского химика из Википедии" [As Alexey Miller presented to St. Petersburg instead of Russian architect Scottish chemist from Wikipedia]. Fontanka (in Russian). Archived from the original on August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018. The architect acknowledged the error and dumped the blame on Wikipedia, from which he downloaded the photo.
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