Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye

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Russian Federation

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The Ascension Church was built in 1532 on the Kolomenskoye Royal Estate near Moscow to celebrate the birth of the prince who later became Tsar Ivan IV (“the Terrible”). It is one of the earliest examples of the traditional wooden tent church with a stone and brick roof, which had a great influence on the development of Russian church architecture.

# Church of the Ascension

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 9

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 8

A modern reconstruction of the Wooden palace (2011)

Ascension Church (1535)

Kolomenskoe Museum-Reserve in Moscow. Wooden St. George Church

Panorama of Kolomenskoye, 18th century. Watercolor from the original drawing of Giacomo Quarenghi

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 7

Aerial view of Kolomenskoye

View of Kolomenskoye by Fyodor Alexeyev (19th century)

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Information extracted from Wikidata

end time	1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
executive body	Kolomenskoe
location of creation	Коломенское
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/027h13
Commons category	Kolomenskoe
inception	1532-01-01T00:00:00Z
coordinate location	Point(37.668888888 55.669444444)
official website	http://www.mgomz.ru/
topic's main category	Category:Kolomenskoe
Commons gallery	Коломенское
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moscow%20Kolomenskoye%20banner%20Z50.jpg
time of earliest written record	1336-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label	Коломенское
category for maps	Category:Maps of Kolomenskoe
country	Russia
country	Tsardom of Russia
instance of	estate

located in the administrative territorial entity	Moscow
start time	1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
described by source	Mtskheta-Mtianeti
described at URL	http://leksika.com.ua/12580426/ure/kolomenske
described by source	Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
page(s)	515
volume	5
date of official opening	1528-01-01T00:00:00Z
applies to part	Eastern Orthodox church
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Moscow%20Kolomenskoe%20Estate%20asv2018-08%20img1.jpg
media legend	Letecký pohled na Kolomenskoje, uprostřed chrám Nanebevstoupení
media legend	Vista áerea del conjunto