Sunday, January 22, 2017

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | Russia


Russian Federation Unesco world heritage
Postcard
The Church of the Ascension was built in 1532 on the imperial estate of Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, to celebrate the birth of the prince who was to become Tsar Ivan IV ('the Terrible').  In the XVI and XVII centuries, this church served as a summer family chapel of the Russian Tsars.

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