In Moore at the Trinity monastery operates Kazan gate Church. In the mid-17th century on the South side of Trinity Church was basiliskii yards, soon moved to the tenements with the support of Bogdan Color. In 1648 on the site of the former location was built of stone gate Church of the Kazan. From the South of the temple above the window openings, there are records that tell about the date of the erection of the Church and its Builder. The temple was built five years after the erection of Trinity Church and is a gorgeous building that is related to the ensemble of the Trinity monastery.
The building of the temple is small in size and in terms of much less compared to Trinity. Overall size, including the chancel, is 2, 5 fathoms. It is worth noting that the temple was somewhat elevated above the "gates", which are used as the main entrance. Kazan Church inherent in an extraordinary decision hipped composition. There are suggestions that Bogdan Colour took the decision to build such a temple, which was not yet in the entire city of Moore and even in Moscow. At the time, Bogdan Color was the richest man among all living hundreds.
The main architect who was invited by a rich merchant for the purpose of construction of Kazan Church, had exquisite taste and tact in relation to the main building of the monastery of Holy Trinity Church. In fact, the master showed a profound understanding of Russian folk architecture, applying to the temple even hanging speakers, especially characteristic of the traditional Vladimir-Suzdal architecture. Another technique in the process of construction of the temple was the use of parts tent churches of the 16th century.
Gateway Church shifted somewhat in the direction from West to East, which initiated the creation of complex compositions, further continued with the construction of the Church tower.
As for decoration, gate Church of the Kazan even superior in this issue of Trinity Church. The proportions of the temple is very fine, resulting in the impression that the whole building of the Church, is carved from a single piece of the monolith.
The temple is inherent in cubic form, while it is set on high, made of stone under the gates of dawn. The gates consist of 2 arches: lesser and greater, that is an elegant sculptural composition made of suspended polycolonal.
Arched base a few rely on a high rectangular pillars, equipped with white stone details and niches. South facade of the quadrangle is divided with the help of paired columns on two equal parts, which fully reflects the internal layout. Window openings presented and very narrow slit-like, rastekanie in the 18th century and framed of bricks drawing curves. The brick rests on the console and connected to each other by semicircular arcs. Over all window openings are six helmet-decorative inserts and stamps. On the most Central scenes carved the name of the architect and date of construction.
The cornice of the Church – especially wide, but flat; it is inserted in a continuous series of tiles, which continues around the perimeter of the building. The completion of the quadrangle is made with the help of innovative features with the roof coverings. Connection corner corbel arches with each other made decorative inserts that point to the tastes of the master.
One of the most interesting parts of the temple was a porch, located on the West side and located right over the tents of stone required for household purposes. Decor is adjacent to the quadrangle parts accurately replicates the features of the main volume, but the walls are decorated quite differently. It is believed that this part was decorated with an open gallery with nicely finished window openings with two-bladed durable padding.
One of the most distinctive and characteristic features of the gate Church of the Kazan was the presence of wall surfaces "Goloskokov", which is a pitcher-shaped resonators, which are recessed in the walls and greatly improve the acoustics.
Today Kazan gate Church is a true architectural monument of Murom.
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