Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye World Heritage Site

Official name
Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye | UNESCO
Country
Russia | Map
Continent
Europe
Location
Moscow, the South District
55.6555° Lat, 37.6738° Lon | Map
Code
634
Time Zone
Europe/Moscow (MSK, +0300)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1994. The Church of the Ascension was built in 1532 on the imperial estate of Kolomenskoye, near Moscow, to celebrate the birth of the prince who was to become Tsar Ivan IV ('the Terrible'). One of the earliest examples of a traditional wooden tent-roofed church on a stone and brick substructure, it had a great influence on the development of Russian ecclesiastical architecture.