Key Information: Tour Duration: 1
day(s) Group Size: 1
- 30
people Destination(s):Russia Specialty Categories:Cultural JourneyMuseum Tours Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: No Minimum Per Person Price: 100 US Dollar (USD) Maximum Per Person Price: 100 US Dollar (USD)
Kolomenskoe is located in southern part of Moscow, it is one of the first populated parts of the city and its history does to 2.5 thousand years and its called Dyakovo Gorodishe. In 14th century Kolomenskoe became royal residence of Russian tsars. Peter the Great spent his childhood in Kolomenskoe. But the residence did not last till our days, it has been destroyed during a period of time when the capital has been moved to Saint Petersburg.
Today in Kolomenskoe you can see the examples of Russian wooden architecture of the 17th century were brought here from all over the country, Ascension Church is the first tent-roofed church to be built in stone which was built in 1532 by the Moscow Grand Prince Vasili III in order to give thanks at the birth of his son Ivan, who later became Ivan IV, or the terrible. Our Lady of Kazan Church, the railing of Gosudarev Yard, Sytni Yard, Water Tower, and St. George Temple with belfry and just an amazing natural park located on 390 hectares with the oldest trees in the city witch are 400 years old Church of the Ascension.
