The 16th century wooden Saint George Church at the Museum of Wooden Architecture at Kolomenskoye in Moscow, Russia

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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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Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Kolomenskoye, Andropova Avenue 39, Moscow 140102, Moscow Region, Russia, Eastern Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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