Yurinsky castle of the Sheremetyevs description and photo - Russia - Volga region: Mari El (Topic)

Yurinsky castle of the Sheremetyevs description and photos - Russia - Volga region: Mari El. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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In the village of Yurino (formerly Arkhangelskoye), on the picturesque bank of the Volga, a medieval castle with fabulous crenellated towers, colored stained-glass windows and a glass dome of a winter garden rises. A manor in this style with a complex of majestic buildings (built in the 18-19th century) and adjacent lands belonged to the grand-nephew of Field Marshal Sheremetyev - Major General Vasily Sergeevich Sheremetyev. Several craftsmen were involved in the construction of the castle of extraordinary beauty, combining elements of various styles in the architecture of the building based on facade red and black bricks with white-stone cornices, balcony balusters and window frames.

Surrounded by evergreen pines and Russian birches, the estate with a total area of more than 60 hectares, in addition to the castle, had farm buildings, a park, a vegetable garden, an orchard, a greenhouse, an open-air cage for wild animals, artificial ponds with poured islands, etc., made in the landscape style of a Russian estate.

Nowadays, the interiors of the castle have preserved marble columns, grilles on the windows made of ceramics, mosaic stained glass windows and many other unique design elements. The architectural pride of that time was the glass dome of the winter garden, under which the royal palm tree and a variety of outlandish flowers brought from different parts of the world grew. The luxury of the interior decoration of the castle and the scope of the landscape design of the Sheremetyev estate are still impressive. Guests can stay year-round at the hotel, located inside the building, feeling the spirit of the nineteenth century in the palace rooms with historical interiors.

The Yurinsky castle of the Sheremetyevs is a historical and architectural monument and a tourist attraction of the Republic of Mari-El.

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