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Kuskovo

Pictures of Moscow — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:48:26 +0000

Late autumn in Moscow. No visitors in park. Only wedding Photographer and frozen white brides.

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.

Reichstag

Pictures of Moscow — Tue, 11 May 2010 17:15:21 +0000

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.

Stalinist architecture

Pictures of Moscow — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:49:12 +0000

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

The bright spots of the capital

Pictures of Moscow — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:17:07 +0000

Bird’s-eye Lomonosov Moscow State University

Pictures of Moscow — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:34:07 +0000

Moscow State University's main building. Gagarin Square