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Znamenskoye-Rayok Estate
Znamenskoye-Rayok is an Estate (Russia), estate in Tver Oblast, Тver Oblast (, Torzhoksky District, Тorzhoksky District), Russia, that was built in the second half of the 18th century by Fyodor Glebov. History The architect Nikolay Lvov, was commissioned by the Glebov-Stershenev to build the estate, which was constructed between 1787–1798 К. Butsi, А.Trofimov, V. Irwin, and Руска, Франц Иванович, F. Ruska worked on the design and construction of the estate. The architectural ensemble of the estate includes the manor's house and an oval-shaped colonnade connected to the side wings and a double dome above the central hall. the facade on the park side aligns with the river; the park includes a pond with an man-made island and pathways. Most of the pavilions and gazebos from the manor park have been lost. The heart of the estate is the Church of Our Lady of the Sign, built by . Before the revolution of 1917, the church housed the Icon, family icons of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikolay Lvov
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Lvov (May 4, 1753 – December 21, 1803) was a Russian artist of the Age of Enlightenment. Lvov, an amateur of Rurikid lineage, was a polymathBohlman, p. 45. who contributed to geology, history, graphic arts and poetry, but is known primarily as an architect and ethnographer, compiler of the first significant collection of Russian folk songs (the Lvov-Prach collection). Lvov's architecture represented the second, "strict" generation of neoclassicism stylistically close to Giacomo Quarenghi.Shuisky, p. 128. Lvov worked in Saint Petersburg but his best works survived in the countryside, especially his native Tver Governorate. He redesigned the external appearance of Peter and Paul Fortress and created an unprecedented Trinity Church combining a Roman rotunda with one-of-a-kind pyramidal bell tower. He adapted rammed earth technology to the environment of Northern Russia and used it in his extant Priory Palace in Gatchina; Lvov's construction school, establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
