Labyrinth

Intricate passages; appeared in gardens of the Renaissance era and became widespread in Russian parks of the 18th–19th centuries. Labyrinths in parks are usually formed from tall clipped living hedges (using hornbeam, linden, laurel). Until the 18th century they had a symbolic religious meaning (the difficulties on a pilgrim's path); later they acquired educational or recreational meanings (for e…

Intricate passages; appeared in gardens of the Renaissance era and became widespread in Russian parks of the 18th–19th centuries. Labyrinths in parks are usually formed from tall clipped living hedges (using hornbeam, linden, laurel). Until the 18th century they had a symbolic religious meaning (the difficulties on a pilgrim's path); later they acquired educational or recreational meanings (for example, the labyrinths of the Summer Garden with sculptures on themes from Aesop's fables, arranged under Peter I).