Catherine Palace (Moscow)
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The Catherine Palace is a Neoclassical residence of Catherine II of Russia on the bank of the Yauza River in Lefortovo, Moscow. It should not be confused with the much more famous Catherine Palace in
The Catherine Palace in Moscow
Moscow's longest colonnade consists of 16 dark columns set in a loggia
Lefortovo Park in 1892
An 18th-century grotto
Yauza (river)
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The Yauza is a river in Moscow and Mytishchi, Russia, a left and largest tributary of the Moskva in the Russian capital. It originates in the Losiny Ostrov National Park northeast of Moscow, flows thr
The lower Yauza, less than one kilometer from the inlet
Lefortovsky Bridge, one of the oldest in Moscow, was built in 1777.
Fortified St. Andronik Monastery on the Yauza, part of the medieval defence ring around Moscow
Rostokino Aqueduct crosses the Yauza north from Alekseyevskoye, former country residence of Tsar Alexis of Russia.