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Kuskovo

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Kuskovo

Built in the mid-18th century. The palace was designed in the new neoclassical style. The exterior was made of wooden planks, which were plastered and painted in soft pastel colors. The palace looked out onto a court of honor, formed by the palace, the church and the large lake. The six-column porti

co at the front of the house was designed with a ramp so that carriages with as many as eight horses could come directly to the front door. When the carriage arrived, servants would rush out the front doors and hold the horses while the guests descended.- There are twelve large state rooms, and two smaller ensembles of rooms for residential use. - The '''vestibule''' at the front entrance was walled with plaster painted to resemble marble, with vases in niches designed by Johannes Justus. The '''Reception Room''' had both an ornate fireplace, typical for Western Europe, and an oven decorated with colored tiles, traditional in Eastern (including Russia) and Northern Europe, showing the two artistic traditions in Russia at the time. The '''Tapestry Room''' was the second reception room. It was decorated with 17th-century Flemish tapestries depicting parks and gardens. Between the tapestries, the windows looked out onto the lake and garden of the estate. The '''State Bedroom''' Though it has a bed, the state bedroom was never used as a bedroom, but rather as a formal reception room, to impress the guests with the owner's taste. The '''Cabinet-Bureau''' was the personal office of the C

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