These photographs are of the Figurniy Most (Patterned Bridge) at Tsaritsino.

Two of Tsaritsino's highlights are Tsaritsino Ponds, where people swim in the summer, and the Patterened Bridge, (Figurniy Most) which is built of pinkish brick, and ornamented with white stone pinnacles and Gothic arches.

Of course, the most imposing structure is the Grand Palace (Bolshoy Dvorets), whose twin wings stretch for 130 meters, replete with pilastered corner turrets and rows of pointed arches. In the nineteenth century it's roof tiles and beams were purloined by a local factory, leaving a two-storey shell, crumbling and weed-choked.

The Bread Gate (Khlebniy Vorota) leads to what would have been the palace courtyard. There is also Bread House (Khlebniy Dom) or kitchens.

Sitting apart from the Grand Palace are the Palace Administration (now a music school), the Octahedron or servants quarters, (I think it is now a police station, at least that is what my friend thought it was going to be used for when we were there in 1994), The Church of St. Nicholas, the Third Kavalerskiy Building, and the Large Bridge. All except the church are the work of Bazhenov.

The complex also contains the Semi-circular Small Palace built for gentlemen-in-waiting, the fantastically carved Opera House (Operniy Dom), the Patterned Gate (Figurniy Vorota),and a Classical Belvedere overlooking the pond.