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If
you
enter
the
Summer
Garden
not
from
the
Neva,
but
from
the
embankment.
Moika,
from
the
Engineering
Castle,
you
will
be
greeted
right
at
the
entrance
by
a
huge
Porphyry
Vase.
The
material
for
it
was
pink
granite,
which
is
traditionally
called
p
o
r
f
i
r
o
m.
The
Vase
was
installed
in
1839.
This
is
a
gift
to
Nicholas
I
from
the
Swedish
King
Charles
XIV
as
a
sign
of
goodwill
after
numerous
wars.
In
January
2008,
a
crack
was
discovered
on
the
neck
of
the
Vase
with
a
piece
of
ice
sticking
out
of
it.
They
even
wanted
to
move
it
to
the
halls
of
the
Engineering
Castle,
and
install
a
copy
in
the
Summer
Garden.
However,
in
2012
(after
the
reconstruction
of
the
Garden),
the
restored
Porphyry
Vase
still
stood
in
its
historical
place,
in
front
of
the
Carp
Pond
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