Fragment of Spasskie gate at park museum Kolomenskoe with church of Our Lady of Kazan visible in the background Moscow Russia
State park-museum Kolomenskoe stands on the banks of Moscow River, about 10 kilometers from the center of Moscow. It begins its history in the 13th century when a settlement was founded there by refugees from a city called Kolomna. Later on, Kolomenskoye was frequently visited by many of the Russian tzars and became the site of royal summer retreats for Ivan the Terrible. Today, Kolomenskoye Estate is a conservation zone and one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. The entire estate is open to visitors and hosts a number of festivals and traditional Russian religious celebrations every year. The cathedral visible through the gate is the Church of the Icon of Our Lady of Kazan, or Kazan Cathedral. The exact date when it was built is unknown, but it is believed to be between 1644 and the 1670s.
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