The Hunting Pavilion is a former imperial mansion in the village of Lisino-Korpus in the Tosnensky District of the Leningrad Region.
The building, designed by architect Nikolai Leontievich Benois in a drained steep bend of the Lustovka River, was built in 1855-1860[1]. It is directly adjacent to the complex of buildings of the Lisinsky educational forestry, also built according to Benois's design. An access alley led to the palace from the building of the Huntsman School.
Benois's original design from 1853 envisioned a small house with a central plan, surrounded by flower beds, which were bordered by a wide circular road. To create an entrance ramp, the river bank was reinforced with a semicircular brick barrier. The facade of the building was decorated with mosaics and stucco. The church of the Forestry Department was built in the same style. During the construction, the palace was expanded by adding greenhouses and a campanile tower and acquired a modern asymmetrical plan. Together with the original design of the facades, it allows us to see the first stylistic features of the future "northern modernism" in the Lisinsky Palace [2].
During the reign of Alexander II, the palace was regularly used for royal hunts, including bear hunts. The interiors were decorated with hunting trophies and paintings with hunting scenes. At present, the building, distorted by repairs, is used as a dormitory for the St. Petersburg State Technical University. The interiors have been lost.
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