The estate complex built in late classicism plays the leading role in Russian culture. The manor-house (palace) is spectacular for the architecture of Moscow and its surroundings. Its plan combines the cross and the circle. The palace is surrounded by the double-lined ionic colonnade reflecting an image of an ancient temple. Such symbolism in the classical manner fit the requirements of Nikolay Durasov, who transformed his palace into the House of Apollo – sun-god, arts and science protector. Such architecture is typical for projects by Jean-François Neufforges, the French architect of the XVII - th century. According to the later legend, shapes of the palace looked like shapes of the St.Ann’s order.

The statue of Apollo crowned the dome of the palace. It was destroyed by the strongest hurricane in 1904. After building reconstruction there was another statue of Herculanian woman in antique dress erected (the statue was a copy of the Dresden’s gallery exhibit item, dated by the 1st century B.C). The rich decoration of the gala halls on the ground floor (the Central Round Hall, the Marble Hall, and the Column Hall) corresponds to the peculiar exterior of the palace itself. The interior was decorated by Germano Scotty, a very popular painter of the time. In the halls, the generous host arranged gala dinners, balls and parties accompanied by wonderful orchestras. The parties were famous all around Moscow and attracted the capital’s elite. In 1806, a luxurious party was given in honour of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, a distinguished guest, and in 1818, the widow Empress Maria Fedorovna visited the palace.

In the very vicinity of the palace there is a complex of theatre buildings partly preserved (the theatre and the drama school of the estate). Some other buildings of the estate have survived as well, among them the steward’s house, an outhouse, the greenhouse (partly preserved), the stables, and household premises. Around the palace, on a hilly bank, an English-style landscape park was laid out. A wide pond, now called Lublinsky, at the bed of the small Golyad’ river, is the main element of the park’s landscape. Since Nikolay Durasov’s death (1818), many owners came one after another to the estate, and to the palace itself, which was no good for the conservation of buildings.

From 2001 to 2004, a restoration of the palace based on scientific methods, took place. Nowadays the visitors can see the magnificent palace in all its beauty, as it looked 200 years ago. In 2005, the historical Ljublino estate was became part of the State Moscow Integrate Museum-Reserve by a Moscow Government Decree. Now, interior design expositions are presented in the reconstructed gala halls on the ground floor. On the first floor, two expositions are presented to the public, one telling the history of the estate’s theatre, and the other dedicated to wedding traditions. On the second floor and in the belvedere there are several expositions on the history of the estate. As in the times of the hospitable owner of the palace, its doors are still wide open to the visitors. The visitors can not only go on ordinary tours around the palace, but also take part in excursion programmes with elements of performance, viz. “Music soirée in the Ljublino palace drawing-room”, “I was enchanted by the ball”, “Pancake week in the Palace”. “Wedding gift in Nikolay Durasov’s palace” and others. Charity concerts of classical music are organized every week.