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The five-storey Terem Palace of the Moscow Kremlin used to be the main residence of the Russian Tsar s in the 17th Century . Its name is derived from the Greek word τερεμνον (i.e., "dwelling"). Currently, the structure is not accessible to the public, as it belongs to the official residence of the President Of Russia . It was at the turn of the . The complex of the palace also incorporates several churches of earlier construction, including the Church of the Virgin's Nativity from the 1360s. 's Veduta ).]] The palace consists of five stories. The third storey was occupied by the tsaritsa and her children; the fourth one contained the private apartments of the tsar. The upper storey is a tent-like structure where the Boyar Duma convened. The exterior, exhuberantly decorated with brick tracery and colored tiles, is brilliantly painted in red, yellow, and orange. The interior used to be painted as well, but the original murals were destroyed by successive fires, particularly the great fire of 1812 . In 1837, the interiors were renovated in accordance with old drawings in the Russian Revival style. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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