First published: 22/08/16.

Clyde 2.5

Church Of The Ascension, Kolomenskoye

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye (Inscribed)

Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye by Clyde

I visited this WHS in August 2016. The park and church are easily accessible by metro. There is a 20 minute walk from the Kolomenskaya station to the church. The first time I visited was on a Monday and the Church of the Ascension was closed. Moreover, it was raining cats and dogs and I couldn't really appreciate the white structures in such a cloudy sky. Therefore, on the following day I made up for it by revisiting and the weather was great just after a stormy day. The interior wasn't extraordinary and I could have easily grasped the site's OUV by gazing at its exterior. All listed buildings have information boards next to them and in front of the Church of the Ascension lies the UNESCO inscription plaque. The whole park is worth exploring if you have the time and I enjoyed visiting the nearby Church of our Lady of Kazan with its starry blue domes, a smaller version of the domes of the Assumption Cathedral in Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad. All in all I really enjoyed my visit and I'd rank this WHS as the second best WHS in Moscow after the Kremlin.

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