Narym is the oldest settlement in the Tomsk Region, having been founded in the XVI century as an outpost of the Russian Tsardom in these wild lands.
It received city status and its first coat of arms in the XVII century, but then its importance rapidly declined, and by the XIX century it was criticised for its wooden, "rustic" and "disorderly" buildings. Although this criticism was largely justified, it is precisely the large number of traditional wooden houses and estates that make this town, now a village, so interesting.
And Narym boasts more than just usual log houses - the house of the merchant Rodiukov is a fine example of wooden Empire style architecture.
It received city status and its first coat of arms in the XVII century, but then its importance rapidly declined, and by the XIX century it was criticised for its wooden, "rustic" and "disorderly" buildings. Although this criticism was largely justified, it is precisely the large number of traditional wooden houses and estates that make this town, now a village, so interesting.
And Narym boasts more than just usual log houses - the house of the merchant Rodiukov is a fine example of wooden Empire style architecture.
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The recently restored Călui monastery in Romania. Despite the small size of both the monastery church and the entire complex, it features fortifications, ancient tombs, and beautiful frescoes - and the reconstruction has revealed lost parts of the complex.
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The covered market of Buzau in Romania, originally known as the Obor Hall and more simply as a Bazar, shortly after it was built, in 2015 and after a recent reconstruction.
While the decision to abandon the original color scheme is weird, the restoration of lost historical details is delightful.
While the decision to abandon the original color scheme is weird, the restoration of lost historical details is delightful.
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Built in the XIX century, the neo-Gothic, or rather pseudo-Gothic, church of the Serbian monastery of Bavanište is more reminiscent of some American church of the same era - or, given its distinctly Orthodox appearance, something that might have been built in the modern States for one of the many emerging Orthodox communities.
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