Kolomenskoye Park is the perfect place to escape the hustle and bustle of Moscow, a picturesque oasis located less than an hour from the city center. Its rolling parkland is one of the most ancient sites in Moscow, once a royal estate belonging to the Grand Princes of Muscovy. Today, visitors can find a treasure trove of ethnographic, historical, architectural and natural wonders, including an open-air museum of Russian wooden architecture, a UNESCO-recognised church which set the stage for a century of Russian religious architecture, a palace once known as the ‘Eighth Wonder of the World’, and scenic parkland home to protected nature.
This former village and archaeological site housed summer residences of the grand dukes of Moscow, and later of the tsars, and is now a museum and reserve.
Kolomenskoye Park is located a few kilometres from the centre of Moscow and is the city's natural landscape. The park's many attractions attract thousands of daily visitors.
The park was formed on the site of the village of Kolomenskoye as far back as the 13th century. It is said that when Batyi burned Kolomna, its inhabitants founded a new settlement near Moscow, Kolomenskoye. In the 16th century, grandiose construction projects began in the village, which have survived to the present day. One of these structures – the Church of the Ascension has not only survived, but has also been included in the list of UNESCO.
