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Palace Pavilion
KolomenskoeThe Palace Pavilion is the only extant part of the palace of Alexander I. As well as the palace, it was designed by an architect Eugraph Tyurin. He also had a park laid out near the Palace and a linden alley planted.
Apparently, the Palace Pavilion was meant for the manorial theatre, but the Emperor visited neither the pavilion nor the palace because of his unexpected death.
As well as the nonextant Palace, the Pavilion was built in the Empire style. It is decorated with a four-column portico and a strip of rustication; terraces are adjacent to the building from the north and the south. In 2005-2006, the Moscow State Integrated Museum-Reserve carried out a full-scale restoration of the pavilion, and returned the building its original appearance.
Did you know that…
- Now the pavilion is decorated with statues of lionesses, but originally, sphinxes greeted the guests at the entrance.