Lunins' House
The Lunins' House is a former noble estate in Moscow Empire style, built by Italian architect Domenico Gilardi for the Lunins, an aristocratic family of pre-revolutionary Russia.[2] The three-storied central mansion is vastly decorated with the avant-corps, reliefs, and is connected to two-storied wings, creating two closed courtyards. In 1821 the estate was sold to the State Empire Commercial Bank, that occupied the mansion till 1917. Since 1970 it belongs to the Museum of Oriental Art.[3]
| Lunins' House | |
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 Lunins' House view from the outside | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Town or city | Moscow |
| Country | Russia |
| Construction started | 1814[1] |
| Completed | 1823[1] |
| Client | Lunin noble family |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Domenico Gilardi |
References
- Russia's Ministry of Culture website, article about Lunins' House
- Shvidkovsky 2007, p. 306.
- "Государственный музей искусства народов Востока" [State Museum of Oriental Art] (in Russian). Culture.ru. Retrieved 2020-01-29.
Sources
- Shvidkovsky, Dmitrii (2007). Russian Architecture and the West. London: Yale University Press. p. 306. ISBN 978-0-300-10912-2.
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