Marfino Travel Guide

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  An original piece of early 18th-century Moscow architecture, the church was designed so that it has retained much of what was the best in the late 17th-century tradition, reflecting at the same time some newer influences which were brought in by the epoch of Peter the Great.... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Only a few buildings of the Saltykov time have survived till now, as the estate was ravaged by the French during the War of 1812. One of the survivors, a monument of classicism dating from the late 1770s, is the small heated church of St. Peter and St. Paul. Its central body... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Strikingly beautiful is its southern facade which overlooks the lover pond. By the sides of the entrance, in the centre there are two faceted three-store turrets. The ogive doors and windows were once adorned by stained-glass panels. The walls arc divided into separate parts... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Date: 1837-1839Place: Moscow region, Mytischinsky district, MarfinoArchitect: Bykovsky M.D.Client: count PaninStyle: pseudo-GothicsMaterial: brick, white plasterFunction: homestead mansionDescription: square two-storeyed building with enfilade interiorsComposition:... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  By combining the styles of Gothic and old Moscow architecture he gave an interpretation of Gothic which very nearly characterized the prevailing trends of the epoch and was one of the finest produced by Russian architects in the second third of the 19th century. Marline's... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  The decor (if the northern front corresponds on the whole to that of the southern facade. The centre is also marked off by high ogive windows with frames decorated by carving. Stucco molding in the form of rosettes ornaments the wall over the windows of the second store. At...