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Izmaylovo Estate

Italy

Izmaylovo Estate

Its territory include the Park, spanned 10km² of the Serebryanka river valley and corresponds. The heart of the estate, the Izmailovo Court of Tsar Alexis., was a wooden palace built on an artificial island - a hill surrounded by man-made ponds. The present-day Court retains two sets of palace gates

, a cathedral and a barbican tower built in the 1670s-1680s. Other extant structures of the Court were built by Konstantin Thon and Mikhail Bykovsky in 1839–1859, when the island was converted into an almshouse, and in the 1970s. The Court itself (but not the interiors of the Court buildings) is freely accessible to the public. There is a small exhibition of 17th-century art in the groundfloor of the barbican tower; the tower periodically houses chamber music concerts. Sights in the Park: The Back Gate (1682) is a fine architectural landmark of the area & also there is the Waterworks (Водокачка) from 17th century. - - Bridge Tower (Мостовая башня) 1671 – 1679; The Front gate (Передние ворота); the Back gate (Задние ворота); St. Basil's Cathedral (Покровский собор); Ismailovskaya (Mykolaivskaya) military hospice (Измайловская (Николаевская) военная богадельня), 1835; Forged gates (Чугунные ворота) 1852; Forged fountain (Чугунный фонтан) 19th century; Commandant's House (Комендантский дом); North Building almshouses (Северный корпус богадельни).

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