The most important Russian Classicism building in the city after the cathedral, a huge cloth factory in Yekaterinoslavl built at the end of the XVIII century on the initiative of Prince Potemkin.
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The old manor in Kalavrita, Greece, seems like a typical mansion from the period of Ottoman rule, but in fact the palace is much older - its original version, now greatly rebuilt, is believed to have been erected by the Despot of Morea, Thomas Palaiologos, brother of the last emperor of Byzantium and great-grandfather of the first holder of the imperial title in Russia, Tsar Ivan IV.
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Once bustling with life, the Armenian settlement of Old Khot in the mountains.
Like many other historical villages and towns, which endured centuries of Muslim devastation, it was abandoned in the XX century, as the threat of raids and consequently, the need for a safe location have faded into the obscurity.
Like many other historical villages and towns, which endured centuries of Muslim devastation, it was abandoned in the XX century, as the threat of raids and consequently, the need for a safe location have faded into the obscurity.
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The Church of Gregory the Illuminator, built by merchant Tigran Honents in the ancient Armenian capital of Ani after it was recaptured from the Muslims. The temple belonged to the Chalcedonian Armenians and is decorated with beautiful frescoes in the Byzantine manner. Unfortunately, like most of the buildings in Ani, located in modern-day Turkey, the church is not in the best condition, but considering that it was ransacked as early as the Mongol conquest and that many of the city's churches, now in ruins, were still standing in the XX century, it is actually very fortunate.
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Externally, the Church of Saint John the Theologian in Stebachevo looks like an unremarkable temple of the XVII century, and the fact that it was actually built towards the end of the XVIII century does not play into its hands at all.
But a hapless traveler who happens to be in the village will be amazed if he enters the temple - a century late architecturally, the church has made up for the lost time with its decoration, which miraculously survived through the Soviet years. The interior of the church is made in the Baroque style, and the lack of stucco, generally typical for Russian churches, is compensated here by the richest iconostasis - not at all rural.
But a hapless traveler who happens to be in the village will be amazed if he enters the temple - a century late architecturally, the church has made up for the lost time with its decoration, which miraculously survived through the Soviet years. The interior of the church is made in the Baroque style, and the lack of stucco, generally typical for Russian churches, is compensated here by the richest iconostasis - not at all rural.
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