Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve — Attraction in Orekhovo-Borisovo Severnoye District

In the south of Moscow you’ll find a beautiful and tranquil estate filled with lush green spaces. Initially built to showcase the grandeur of the Russian Empire, Tsaritsyno offers an idyllic getaway without leaving the city. Tsaritsyno Park offers one of the most impressive examples of Russian garden design from the 18th and 19th centuries. Located in southern Moscow, it is just a short walk from (you guessed it!) Tsaritsyno metro station. Visitors often crowd around an enormous fountain near the park’s entrance, but you’ll find the palace towers a bit farther away among the trees.

The estate originally belonged to Dimitrie Cantemir, a Moldavian prince allied with Imperial Russia. He built a church and a wooden palace on the site.

His French-style garden was designed according to the baroque architectural styles of that time and included pathways and flowerbeds that were made according to strict...

The 18th-century architecture ensemble was built (though not finished) following the order of Catherine II in Neo-Gothic style, after projects of the Bazhenov and Kazakov, and it is the only 18th-century architectural ensemble of such dimensions in Russia. Around the palace, in the park there are a number of pavilions, pergolas, arbours, artificial grottos, decorative bridges (early 19th century, architect I. Yegotov), and a Russian Orthodox temple “Source of Life”, as well as a modern recreation center with an upscale restaurant. For a long time most buildings were ruined (and used for rock climbing). In 2005-2007 most buildings were extensively restored and completed: roofs, interiors and decorations have been added and their historical appearance has been altered. A number of buildings house the Russian museum of folk and applied art. The atrium of the “Bread House” is used for concerts of...

🏛️ The Grand Tsaritsyno Palace is a unique case, because its luxurious state rooms are not a restoration or an attempt to restore history from archival sketches. This is a fantasy of modern artists: the palace never had historical interiors, because it was not completed in time.

🏗️ The construction of the palace was frozen after the death of Catherine II, and only in 2005 did the reconstruction of the palace begin.

🔱 Inside, two ceremonial halls, Tauride and Ekaterininsky, were created - this is a stylization in the spirit of the preserved imperial residences.

🕯️ The Tauride Hall was decorated with marble columns, crystal chandeliers and grisaille paintings - this is an imitation of stucco molding .

💫 The Catherine Hall was decorated with gold leaf. Here, as in the Tauride Hall, there is wooden parquet , crystal chandeliers and oak doors with brass handles, and on the ceiling there is...