Place to see: Khrapovitsky Estate, Muromtsevo, Russia

Remains of an ochestra pavilion

Remains of an ochestra pavilion

The manicured grounds of the Khrapovitsky Estate once were home to an orchestra pavilion, which sat on alongside a terraced lake. All the remains is this, near the shore of a weedy pond.

About this place:

Just outside the small Russian community of Muromtsevo lie the remains of the once impressive Khrapovitsky Estate. Built in the 19th century by Count Khrapovitsky, and he based his architectural designs on medieval German castles, making this estate an oddity in Russia. After the Soviet revolution, the Khrapovitsky family fled to France, and the estate was turned into a college, and during WWII it served as a hospital. At some point it was ravaged by fire, and left to disintegrate in the countryside near the village of Muromtsevo.

Muromtsevo, Moskovskaya Oblast’, RU

Discovered by Jane Keeler
on 5 December 2007.
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