Description of the attraction
The English Courtyard Museum is located in the chambers of the Old English Court on Varvarka Street.
In 1553, the London Society of Merchants - Seekers of Lands and Countries equips an expedition of three ships to search for the Arctic northeastern passage to China. Of the three ships, only one galleon reached the White Sea and anchored at the mouth of the Northern Dvina. The captain of the ship Chancellor, having reached Moscow on small ships, had a meeting with the young Tsar Ivan IV, who promised the British the right to free and duty-free trade with Russia.
In 1558 Tsar Ivan IV granted the English merchants the "Estate on the Barbarian Rump" in the center of Moscow. It was here that the center of British commercial and diplomatic activity was located almost a hundred years ago.
The English court gave shelter to many Britons who came to Moscow: royal ambassadors, wealthy merchants, priests, etc. However, in 1649, after the execution of King Charles I in London, Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich broke off relations with England and the chambers of the English court passed to new owners. But in 1720, Peter I arranged a Mathematical School in the chambers of the Old English Court and invited teachers of mathematics and marine sciences from the Scottish University of Aberdeen.
The new birth of the monument in our time is associated with the name of the outstanding architect and restorer P. D. Baranovsky (1892-1984). Baranovsky managed to save a whole complex of historical buildings in Moscow from destruction. During the construction of the Rossiya Hotel, Baranovsky put forward the idea of a comprehensive reconstruction of Varvarka Street. And simultaneously with the construction of the hotel "Russia", work began on the restoration of monuments of ancient Russian architecture, in particular, the chambers of the Old English Court. In 1968-1972. the chambers were restored to the appearance of the beginning of the 17th century.
In 1987, this architectural monument was transferred to the Museum of the History of Moscow, and on October 18, 1994, the opening of the English Compound Museum took place, in which Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, who arrived in Moscow, took part.
The chambers of the Old English Court traditionally combined state rooms and various utility and storage rooms. The main volume of the building included the Treasury Chamber and the Cook on a white stone basement. The basement was used for storing goods; it has a barrel-shaped vault resting on powerful two-meter walls.
The southern façade facing the Moskva River dates back to the early 17th century, while the northern façade, facing Varvarka, preserves the architecture of the 16th century.
Today, in the chambers of the Old English Court, there is an exposition dedicated to Russian-English trade relations of the 16th-17th centuries.
Reviews
| All reviews 1 Bronskaya A. V 2014-11-05 16:30:44
Crap Crap, there are few pictures, but I need it for the presentation !!!!!!!
