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The 16th century wooden Saint George Church at the Museum of Wooden Architecture at Kolomenskoye in Moscow, Russia
The Museum of Wooden Architecture consists of Russian wooden architecture brought to Kolomenskoye from the North of Russia in 1920-1930s by a well-known architect-restorer At the start of the 20th century Russian wooden fortresses became a rarity. The full restoration of such monuments like the towers of the Nikolo-Korelsky monastery and the Sumskoy and Bratsk forts of the 17th-18th centuries was carried at Kolomenskoye and the original historical landscape was recreated around these unique monuments.
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Location: Kolomenskoye, Andropova Avenue 39, Moscow 140102, Moscow Region, Russia, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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