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Pavel Viaznikov
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The church was built in 1660-1667 in the place of a 15th century wooden church, by Pavel Potekhin - a serf architect of the Prince Odoevsky. It is the oldest building of the estate. In 1826, it was surrounded by an interesting clayware wall with two towers; in 1820s, a belfry was added. In 1919, the church was closed and became a part of the museum; during the 1964-1965 restoration, the belfry was removed in order to recreate the original look of the church.
Arkhangelskoye ("Archangel's Settlement") is a historical estate located around 20 kilometers to the west from Moscow. In 1703-1810 Arkhangelskoye belonged to Galitzine, and from 1810-1917, to the Yusupov family. In 1917 the Yusupovs' property was nationalized by the Bolsheviks. Nowadays Arkhangelskoye is a state museum.
The estate is built in the style of Classicism, with the most notable building of the palace (1780s) faced to Moscow river crease and regular terraced park of the 18th century decorated with many 'ancient-like' statues. The other notable erections are a small palace named 'Caprice', Catherine II of Russia and Alexander Pushkin monuments, and the theatre of the 18th century. Arkhangelskoye's oldest building is the church of Archangel Michael (1646). Among the other buildings are Saint Gates (1825-26), the uncompleted church known as 'Colonnade' (1909-1916), which serves today as an exhibition hall and two extensions of the sanatorium built in the 1930s.
The estate is famous with its exquisite collection of fine art including paintings, sculptures, furnitures, ceramics and interior.
Nowadays Arkhangelskoye is a popular place for tourists, Moscowers holiday hiking and important cultural events, such as Classical, Jazz and Lounge music festivals. As of December 2006, large restoration works are nearly to be finished at the palace. The sanatorium - belonging to the Ministry of Defence - is still working; one of the means of treatment as well as one of attractions is a source of mineral water with rather high content of iron and a number of other elements.
The estate is located over the Moskva river, groves and fields; to protect the views, these lands were decklared a landscape reservate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkhangelskoye
http://arkhangelskoye.petersburg-bridges.com/ - history, photos and descriptions
http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=55.787964&lon=37.286139&z=15&l=1&m=h&v=2 - WikiMapia |
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