Pictures of Moscow » Architecture http://picturesofmoscow.com Photo Moscow today Mon, 21 May 2012 19:07:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 House-Elephant http://picturesofmoscow.com/2012/02/19/919/ http://picturesofmoscow.com/2012/02/19/919/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:10:49 +0000 Pictures of Moscow http://picturesofmoscow.com/?p=919
Photo: Elephant House at the Novoryazanskoe highway (15 km from Moscow Ring Road).

A point on the Google map: 55.593967, 37.994080

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Photo: The Grotto.

The grotto was constructed between 1755 and 1761 by the architect F. Afgounov, and was intended to represent the palace of the King of the Seas. It was placed next to a large pond, which reflected its imposing facade and dome. Inside rows of niches were filled with statues of Venus, Diana, Ceres, Flore, Juno and Jupiter. The windows were covered with iron grills forged by serf artisans look like strands of seaweed. The interior space, under dome, is meant to be the throne room of Neptune, crusted with seashells (1771-1775.) The grotto is one of the few 18th century grottos still preserving its original decoration.

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Photo: Photo: Palace of Culture in city Lyubertsy.

Especially colorful in the background «Reichstag» looks a monument to Lenin, survived after the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

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Photo: st. Zemlyanoy Val, 21. Garden Ring. Arch. Weinstein 1936-1937.

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