Kolomenskoye Коло́менское - Moscow

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Kolomenskoye village was first mentioned in the testament of Ivan Kalita (1339). As the time went by, the village was developed as a favourite country estate of grand princes of Muscovy. The earliest extant structure is the exceptional Ascension church (1532), built in white stone to commemorate the long-awaited birth of an heir to the throne, the future Ivan the Terrible. Tsar Alexis I of Russia had all the previous wooden structures in Kolomenskoye demolished and replaced them with a new great wooden palace, famed for its fanciful, fairy-tale roofs. The foreigners referred to this huge maze of intricate corridors and 250 rooms, built without using saws, nails, or hooks, as 'an eighth wonder of the world'. The future Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was born in the palace in 1709. Upon departure of the court for St Petersburg, the palace got dilapidated, so that Catherine II refused to make it her Moscow residence. On her orders the palace was demolished in 1768. Fortunately a wooden model of the palace survives, and the Moscow Government has begun its full-scale reconstruction.

Remaining vestiges of the palace complex include the five-domed Kazanskaya church (1662), of rather conventional architecture, and the wooden and stone gates of the former palace.
Aerial view of Kolomenskoye

During the Soviet years, old wooden buildings were transported to Kolomenskoye from the Far North (the barbican church of the Nikolo-Korelsky Monastery), Siberia (the Bratsk Stockade Tower), and other areas (loghouses, windmills, a Dvina stone, etc). Some of these structures date back to the 17th century.

Коломенское — бывшая царская вотчина, подмосковное село; ныне — государственный художественный историко-архитектурный и природно-ландшафтный музей-заповедник. Расположен к югу от центра Москвы, занимает территорию 390 га; входит в Московский государственный объединённый музей-заповедник Коломенское-Лефортово-Люблино-Измайлово.

Kolómenskoe situada en la elevada orilla derecha del río Moscova, es la antigua residencia suburbana de los grandes duques y zares. Sus torres y torretas, iglesias y aposentos se ven desde lejos. Hoy día es un museo nacional, monumento de la arquitectura rusa de los siglos XVIXVII.

Kolomenskoe è un antico villaggio situato a sud-est di Mosca sulla strada per Kolomna, divenuto negli anni '60 un sobborgo della capitale. È celebre per le sue chiese ortodosse. Nei pressi di Kolomenskoe si trova il luogo dove, secondo la tradizione, San Giorgio, patrono di Mosca, uccise il drago; nel luogo sorge un omonimo monastero.

Kolomenskoje ist eine alte Zarenresidenz südöstlich der Moskauer Innenstadt, die in den früheren Jahrhunderten auf dem damals wichtigen Weg nach Kolomna lag. Die malerische Umgebung am Moskwa-Fluss wurde im den 1960ern in das Stadtgebiet aufgenommen.

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[BasicModelling]

A bit like Skansen in Stockholm, just on a grander scale.. :)

[alanheath]

@BasicModelling I was in Stockholm six months ago - I think that perhaps the Skansen there is just as big although as I did not go in, I cannot say!