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Main - - Culture - Architectural monuments - Brest region Kossovo palace and park complex
Kossovo palace and park complex. It is an architectural monument of the middle of the 19th century. It was built by the architect F. Yashcholda (1938), the construction was completed under the direction of W. Marconi. The palace was located in the landscaped park of the late 18th century (not preserved). The symmetrical composition of the palace was formed from the central high-volume and two lateral wings connected to the main volume with narrow galleries. The angles of the central volume are flanked by faceted towers, the angles of side wings are strengthened with towering buttresses. In the decoration of the facades the features of Neo-Gothic are used: gears complete of volumes, lancet arches of doorways and niches, mashikules. In the main building the rooms were grouped around the lobby and main hall on the first floor, decorated with paintings of the artist Zhmurka. In the side building houses service rooms were situated. In the architectural solution the features of the Neo- Gothic in the decoration of the facades are combined with the classic techniques of planning.
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