The «Turkish Bath» pavilion was erected on a small headland in the south-west part of the Great Pond between 1850 and 1852 on the orders of Emperor Nicholas I. It was the last structure to be built on the territory of the Catherine Park. This pavilion, devised as a sort of memorial to the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29, was designed by the architect Ippolito Monighetti, who took as his model a Turkish mosque. The dome of the building was decorated with relief ornament, while the tall minaret crowned by a spire and crescent gave it a particularly picturesque appearance. Turkish Bath was damaged by direct hits from shells. The facades of the building were reconstructed in 1953. A more thorough, exterior and interior restoration followed in 2006-2009 with financial support from the federal budget and the IBRD. The renewed pavilion offers the unforgettable décors and the furnishings composed from the museum collection items.