The sculpture at the Engineer Castle depicts the emperor on horseback. However, this time it is not the emperor himself that is miraculous, but the image on the bas-relief, where a person climbs into the boat. You need to grab it by the heel and make a wish. Those who have tried, assure of one hundred percent efficiency of the method.

So, if you go on an excursion to the Engineer Castle, remember that there is an opportunity to combine business with pleasure. Think carefully about what you would like and make a wish. Of course, it is unlikely that something global will come true. But what is important specifically for you and your loved ones may well become a reality.

By the way, the author of the sculpture was Carlo Rastrelli, father of the great architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli. The monument was conceived during Peter's lifetime, but his daughter, Elizabeth, already took over the work. The sculptor himself did not live to see this moment either, he died after finishing the sculpture model, and his son was in charge of the work on creating the monument.

The installation of the monument took a long time. Until the end of the XVIII century, the figure remained under a wooden canopy, because they could not find a place for it. The monument was raised on a granite pedestal in 1800. By order of Emperor Paul I, the pedestal was engraved with the words “Great-grandfather is a great-grandson”. It is believed that such an inscription was made as a counterbalance to the inscription on the Bronze Horseman: “Peter the First Catherine the Second”.