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Kolomenskoye
A former royal estate on a bluff above the river, with the white, tent-roofed Church of the Ascension.
US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03- Open
- Every day; the museums close on Mondays
- Price
- Free; paid for the palace and museums
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Andropova Avenue 39, MoscowDirections
- Getting There
- Kolomenskaya metro station.
Why Go
The Church of the Ascension was built in 1532 to celebrate the birth of the future Ivan the Terrible, and was the first stone church with a tall tented roof; it is a UNESCO site. The estate also holds the wooden palace of Tsar Alexei, rebuilt from old plans, apple orchards, and old wooden buildings brought from across Russia.
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