This is the historically established, most famous and well-maintained part of the specially protected natural area (SPNA) "Tsaritsyno", located between the Moscow districts of Tsaritsyno, Biryulyovo East, Orekhovo-Borisovo South and Orekhovo-Borisovo North.
The Tsaritsyno palace and park ensemble, covering an area of more than 100 hectares, is located on a hilly area crossed by ravines, on the site of the former estate of the Kantemirov princes and inherited some of its features. The territory of the ensemble and the park is bounded from the northeast and south by two deep ravines, from the west by the Tsaritsyno ponds, from the east by a complex of greenhouses. Tsaritsyno is a monument of the so-called "Russian Gothic" (pseudo-Gothic); two of the most famous architects of their era, Vasily Bazhenov and Matvey Kazakov, worked consistently on the creation of the imperial residence for 20 years. Tsaritsyno is the largest pseudo-Gothic building of the 18th century in Europe and the only palace complex designed in this style. direction in Russian architecture: in different parts of the former Russian Empire, there are many buildings of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, which were created under the influence of Tsaritsyn
Selfless work on the Tsaritsyno ensemble, which became one of the pinnacles of creativity of the bright and extraordinary architect V.I. Bazhenov, at the same time turned into a difficult life drama for him
The Tsaritsyno landscape park, founded together with the palace complex, became one of the first landscape parks in Russia outside the St. Petersburg palace and park ensembles
