Neskuchny Sad
From Moscowiki
<pa lign=justify>Neskuchny Sad (Untedious Garden) is the one place in Moscow where, over the span of 100 meters, one can travel from the twenty-first century into the eighteenth century. Located just 3 kilometers from the Kremlin, near a noisy, bustling avenue, Leninsky Prospekt, is an amazingly quiet place-along a wide greenbelt that parallels the Moscow River.
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[edit] History of Neskuchny Sad
Once a noble estate, it is one of the oldest parks in Moscow. In the 18th century there were three mansions which belonged to Prince Trubetskoy. All that is left is part of the park and a "Hunters’ house". In the middle of the 19th century a new owner, Prokofy Demidov, built a palace here. Originally it was designed in Baroque Style, rebuilt in the time of Classicism and its interiors are typical for the Empire Style. Here on the bank of the Moscow-river one of the largest in Europe Botanic gardens appeared; among its trees several historical objects are found today: the house of Count Orlov (1796), a vaulted bridge, and the house with rotunda.
In the beginning of the nineteenth century, a vast building was constructed that served as stables and as an indoor arena for a riding school. Later this building was transformed into the Imperial Reception Country Hall, and in the twentieth century it became the A. E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum of the Russian Academy of Sciences, one of the world's largest repositories for mineralogical specimens.
[edit] Tolkienists' Place of Meeting
Neskuchny Sad is headquarters of numerous fans of John R. R. Tolkien; they come here wrapped in bed-sheets, wearing wooden swords and organize their fantasy battles in “Lord of the Rings Style”.
[edit] Place for Quiet Sport
This quite park is a perfect place for “quiet” sport, such as table tennis and chess.</p>
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