Perm. New Year 2022. Parisian Carousel in Gorky Garden. Ca...

Perm. New Year 2022. Parisian Carousel in Gorky Garden. Carousels are one of the implicit symbols of Paris. Not as majestic as the Eiffel Tower or Notre Dame, but very soulful, returning to childhood. In 1559, at a knightly tournament in honor of the peace treaties between France and Spain and Savoy, Count Montgomery mortally wounded King Henry II with a fragment of a spear, which hit the king in the eye. Since then, bloody knightly tournaments have been banned, and they have been replaced by carousels. Carousel (Italian carosello "little war", French carrousel) is an equestrian war game that reached great development in the 17th century, replacing tournaments. Thus, the very word "carousel" appeared in the Middle Ages and meant a military holiday, a parade, a colorful demonstration of cavalry. Knightly games were an obligatory element of such a holiday. So, for example, horsemen moved in a circle and with spears tore off the hanging gold rings. To train young riders in the 18th century, French engineers began to build a rotating attraction with suspended wooden horses, sitting on which visitors had to shoot rings from poles with a spear or hit targets set in a circle. Later, carousels began to be made not only for teaching children, but also for entertainment, and in addition to horses, other animals appeared on them. One of these mechanical carousels was brought to Russia by Peter I. Over time, the attraction was improved, gradually coming to the look we know today.

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