MostovayaToweris located on the inner bank of the Serebryany (Silver) or Izmailovo pond and represents a surviving part of a unique stone bridge once crossing the pond and leading to theIzmailovoIslandfrom the Vladimirskaya road. A …
The stone Intercession Cathedral was built in the 1670s on the site of a unanimous wooden church. The builders were prescribed to follow the example of the Intercession Cathedral in Alexandrovskaya Sloboda. However, following the …
The gala Front Gate is located opposite the western entrance to the Intercession Cathedral. In front of the gate there used to be Streltsy guard-house tents standing on stone columns, covered with wooden planks and …
By the second half of the XVIII century the Tsar’s Courtyard in Izmailovo had become derelict. The situation changed in 1837 when Emperor Nicholas I made a decision to build on the island a military …
On the territory of the Izmailovo Island there are Front Gate and Back Gate that were built in 1682-1683 as well as the stone wall and household structures along the perimeter of the Tsar’s Courtyard. …
The cast-iron fountain was made in the XIX century at the Izmailovo military alms-house workshop and was installed thanks to the offerings of merchant I.Sorokin.
The cast-iron arch was built in 1852 and served as the main entrance to theIzmailovoIsland. The arch built in Empire style under the guidance of architect Konstantin Ton was erected thanks to the offerings of …
A one-storeyed brick structure for pensioners of the military alms-house was built in 1862 on the site of the existing building. The commandant is known to have lived himself in that house later, which explains …
The early XIX century Liublino ensemble that has by a miracle survived till our days occupies a peculiar place in the Russian cultural and historical legacy. The estate’s manor house, known as the palace, is …
The long two-storeyed building is located in the northern part of the alms-house. The North dwelling premises were reconstructed in the 1970s on the site of a one-storeyed household structure built in the XVII century. …
