During her reign Catherine II bestowed the favorite Prince Grigory Orlov of the royal possessions of the city of Gorodets. In the years 1845-1847. Here the estate was built in the style of Empire (architect - AI Egorov). Later, in 1888, the estate was rebuilt. His last was the owner of the oldest known representative of its kind in the Russian Countess Sofia Panina.
in a charming old manor Gorodets, where in 2005 he was a museum "House of the Countess Panina," reigns bewitching atmosphere of the 19th century. Such surviving noblemen's estates in the country are counted on the fingers. The building is related to federal monuments of architecture and town planning. Carved on top of the gate is placed the coat of arms Panin kind.
Old house welcomes its guests with beautiful sounds of classical music, romances and songs. And in the "Music Room", which has come to the liking of music lovers, sounds an old waltz, tango or foxtrot. Under the sweet music can plunge into the atmosphere of the past, slowly see and enjoy the old gramophone, the music box and even bizarre string gramophone.
From the canvases a charming museum exposition "Revived Masterpieces" was compiled. These are portraits of royal personages, landscapes Reichel works, a portrait of Charles Darwin P. Kudryasheva painter, painting by an unknown author of the 18th century "Ship of Faith", "Psalm of David" Averky Felezova, painting "Matchmaker and brides" S. Maximov and others.
In the hall "History of the costume" visitors will be introduced to the ancient women's clothing, sewing with gold thread and headdresses. With a rich collection of the museum, you can imagine how look nonpoor resident Gorodets, shines in pearls, brocade and silk, decorated with gold embroidery.
The exposition "The Old-printed and Manuscript Book" tells about the outstanding book culture of the Gorodets Old Believer merchant. Among the printed wealth in the House of Countess Panina is a collection of books by PA Ovchinnikov. As an apple of the eye, books and paintings by the extraordinary Gorodets writer IG Blinov are kept here.
Visitors of the museum will undoubtedly be impressed by the many ancient hours of stunning complexity and beauty displayed in the "Time Lords" exposition!
Passing through the halls of the museum "House of Countess Panina", you wonder how many unique and interesting things there are. Collections of exhibitions "Shine of copper utensils", "Secrets of an ancient iron", "Weights and changelessness" show what you may have heard about before, but you did not have to see. All unique culture Gorodtsa ages 18-20 are disclosed in the expositions of this amazing place with the help of artifacts that have been collected or created by famous citizens.
After such an exciting journey into the past at the Museum Gorodets can drink fragrant tea with Gorodetsky printed gingerbread.
How to get to
Address: 16, Andrey Rublyov Street, Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod region
Working time
Visit the homestead is possible on Tuesday - Friday from 10:00 to 17:00, on Saturday and Sunday from 10: 00 until 16:00. Monday is the day off, the last Friday of the month is a sanitary day.