State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno

In earlier times this place was called The Black Dirt. Now Moscow has the largest park-museum here.

Just couple minute by foot from metro station and you are at the entrence. The musical fountain is the first thing you can see here. Then beautifull morden bridge leads you to amazing historical places.

Ponds.

There are a lot of bridges in Tsaritsyno:

The Large Bridge over the ravine.

The Figure Bridge look like entrance gate.

The Grand Palace on the model and in the real life.

State Museum-Reserve Tsaritsyno in 2002.

The restoration of the Grand Palace, the former great historical ruin, was completed in 2007.

You can read about excursions and exhibitions at the official web-site.

The church of Our Lady Life-Giving Spring in Tsaritsyno.

The small (semi-circular) palace.

The gallery with the gate is one of the favorite places for Muscovites to make pictures. :)

From the opposite side of the gallery locates entrence into museum and sculpture of architectors.

The Milovida Pavilion or “Milovida's Gallery”

The Ruined Tower is a miniature reproduction of a corner castle tower and a part of half-ruined fortress wall. It was built out of “wild stone” in 1804-1805.