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As time went by, the village was developed as a favourite country estate of grand princes of Muscovy. The earliest existing 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.
Mar 20, 2015 · Encompassing some 390 hectares, the Kolomenskoye Park contains a number of sectors, but the centerpiece is the royal estate and its extraordinary 16th century Church of the Ascension, one of the...
Jan 4, 2019 · “Beginning from the 15th century, Kolomenskoye served as a summer country residence for the Grand Dukes of Moscow and Russian Tsars. Due to this fact, a rich architectural heritage was formed in the area.” The Church was constructed under the reign of Basil III as an appeal to God.
Ivan Vasilyevich was born on August 25, 1530, in Kolomenskoye, near Moscow (now Russia). He was the son of Grand Prince Vasily III of Moscow and his second wife, Yelena Glinskaya. When Ivan was three years old, his father died, and Ivan was proclaimed grand prince of Moscow.
Each Tsar was bringing something new to Kolomenskoye. 100 years after the wooden palace construction, it became decrepit, and Catherine the Great ordered it demolished and a new one built in another location, building its foundation and ground floors of stone.
In 1532 Vasily III built the church of the Ascension in the village of Kolomenskoye, to commemorate the birth of his son Ivan IV. It was the first known stone church in the Russian kokoshnik, or tent style.
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Kolomenskoye Park is situated on a route that once connected Moscow to the town of Kolomna (103 km southeast of the capital). According to popular belief, Kolomenskoye was founded by Kolomna...
