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The State Historical-Architectural, Artistic and Landscape Museum-Reserve of Tsaritsyno in Moscow is located in the southern part of the capital and includes a palace and park ensemble, Tsaritsyn ponds and a landscape park. It is a specially protected area. Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve is the largest in Moscow. Its area is 550 hectares.The palace in Tsaritsyn was founded by the order of Empress Catherine II in 1776. Tsaritsyno is the most important monument of the so-called “Russian Gothic”. I would like to add that Tsaritsyno is the largest pseudo-Gothic building in Europe of the XVIII century and the only palace complex designed in this style. Over the creation of the residence for 20 years worked hard two famous architects of that era - Vasily Bazhenov and Matvey Kazakov. Source: Palace and Park Ensemble Tsaritsino