Kuskovo Estate: othermoscow

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Kuskovo Estate

May 05, 2011 12:57

Kuskovo Estate is located in Perovsky district of Moscow. It was built in the 18th century and served as the summer residence of Sheremetyev Counts. Its territory covers an area of about 300 hectares and includes three parks (French regular park with ponds, pavilions and marble sculptures, English landscape and Zaprudny), system of ponds and channels, beautiful architectural ensembles such as the Palace, Grotto, Hermitage, Great stone conservatory, old church, Italian and Dutch houses.
Kuskovo estate is an official museum of Russian architecture, ceramics and sculpture.

Album: Kuskovo Estate (October 2010)

Album: Kuskovo Estate (October 2010)

Read more about its history in Wikipedia

Address: 111402, Moscow, 2, Ulitsa Yunosti

You can get there from metro station 'Ryazanskii Prospect' by taking the bus 133 or 208 to the stop named after the museum.

Official web site

Original post in Russian
Author of the materials: svetliya4ek

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