The Golitsyn Estate is an architectural ensemble in the historic center of Nizhny Novgorod. The main house and the wing of this complex were built in 1837 and 1839. The original project was developed by Swiss architect Domenico Giliardi, who was involved in the restoration of Moscow after the 1812 fire.
The ensemble includes three buildings at 47 Rozhdestvenskaya Street: the main house, the fence, and the wing. These historic buildings are now cultural heritage sites of the Russian Federation.
Since the 18th century, the Golitsyn princes owned salt warehouses at the end of Rozhdestvenskaya Street. Due to the relocation of the Makaryev Fair to Nizhny Novgorod and significant changes in the city in the early 19th century, the warehouses were to be dismantled, and only stone buildings with majestic facades were allowed to be built in their place.
Prince Sergey Mikhailovich Golitsyn commissioned the design of the Nizhny Novgorod estate to architect D. Giliardi, who worked in his suburban village of Kuzminki. However, the process was delayed due to the architect's illness and his departure from Russia in 1832.
In March 1837, the boundaries of the estate were defined, and Nizhny Novgorod architects G. I. Kizevetter and A. L. Leer marked the plan of the buildings designed by Giliardi. On April 1, 1837, an agreement was concluded in the presence of all interested parties. On April 14, 1837, the revised project received the highest approval, and construction work began. By 1839, the main house on vaulted basements and two side wings were completed.
In September 1839, during the final stages of work, an entrance to the utility yard was equipped under the southern wing, which violated Giliardi's project. Here, according to the project of G. I. Kizevetter, a two-story L-shaped brick warehouse was built, and a flowerbed was laid out in the center of the yard.
Along the embankment, a high brick fence with two arched entrances, decorated with rustication and wrought-iron gates, was built in 1839. A cast-iron fence was installed on the side of Rozhdestvenskaya Street.
By 1994, almost all the main elements of the ensemble's decoration had been preserved, including historical graphics.
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