🏛 Spassky Gate of Kolomenskoye

A white gate from the 1670s with two arched passages, the entrance to the former tsar's estate, with the Kazan Church with its blue domes next to it.

The 17th-century Spassky, or Rear, Gate led to the service yard of the tsar's summer residence.
In the 18th century the gate became the main entrance to the estate.
In 1814 the Streltsy guardhouses next to the gate were taken down, in 1868 the gate was thoroughly repaired, and in 2001–2003 it was restored.
In 1825 two avenues of lindens were planted from the Spassky Gate to the Front Gate.
The guardhouses at the gate, where the guards of the Sovereign's Court stood, were recreated in 2007.
The Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve was founded on 10 October 1923.

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