🏛️ Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye

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Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate situated several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow, Russia, on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna. The 390 hectare scenic area overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River. It became a part of Moscow in the 1960s.

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Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye is a cultural World Heritage site in Russian Federation, in Europe. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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