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Palladio,Andrea

PALLADIO,ANDREA

Prehistoric Architecture

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Schinkel,Karl Friedrich

SCHINKEL,KARL FRIEDRICH

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Carved window frame of the Sergejev House, now relocated on Kizhi Island. Most houses in Old Russia were log constructions, including town houses amd small palais.
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Carved window frame of the Sergejev House, now relocated on Kizhi Islan...

The Oshevnev house, a farm house relocated on Kizhi Island. The log ramp leads up to the hayloft. In such farms the ground floor housed the livestock, while the family lived on the second and third floors.
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The Oshevnev house, a farm house relocated on Kizhi Island. The log ra...

Farm implements at the bottom of the ramp leading up to the hayloft of Oshevnev house, a farm house relocated on Kizhi Island.
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Farm implements at the bottom of the ramp leading up to the hayloft of Osh...

Window of the Oshevnev House, a 19th century farm house relocated on Kizhi Island. The ornaments on the wooden frames and shutters show the influence of both European Baroque and Classicism.
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Window of the Oshevnev House, a 19th century farm house relocated on Kizhi...

Woodcarving on the gable of the Oshevnev House, a log-built farm house relocated on Kizhi Island.
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Woodcarving on the gable of the Oshevnev House, a log-built farm house r...

Woodcarving on the gable of the Oshevnev House, a log-built farm house relocated on Kizhi Island.
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Woodcarving on the gable of the Oshevnev House, a log-built farm house r...

The Church of Lazarus, a log church with shingled dome built in the 14th. In the background, Transfiguration Church and its bell tower.
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The Church of Lazarus, a log church with shingled dome built in the 14th....

View of the Kizhi Island Open Air Museum from one of the relocated farm houses; a windmill, various small towers.
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View of the Kizhi Island Open Air Museum from one of the relocated farm ho...

View across Kizhi Island and the shore of Lake Ladoga from a carved balcony of the Church of "Our Lady of the Veil".
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View across Kizhi Island and the shore of Lake Ladoga from a carved bal...

Entrance porch of the Church of "Our Lady of the Veil" against a cloudy morning sky on Kizhi Island.
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Entrance porch of the Church of "Our Lady of the Veil" against a cloudy m...

Entrance porch of the church of "Our Lady of the Veil" against a cloudy sunrise on Kizhi Island.
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Entrance porch of the church of "Our Lady of the Veil" against a cloudy s...

Small, 14th century log-church seen from the porch of the Church of "Our Lady of the Veil", Kizhi Island.
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Small, 14th century log-church seen from the porch of the Church of "Our La...