PEOPLE OF BUSINESS
WALKING TOUR ALONG NOVAYA BASMANNAYA STREET AND THE PROVE-KALISH ESTATE
- There is a mansion on Novaya Basmannaya Street, behind an openwork iron fence that rivals the beauty of the house. This is the creation of architect Treyman, in the style of King Henry II, the style was not chosen by chance, since the mansion was built for the Provet family, whose ancestors fled from France to East Prussia, and then to Russia. Here they became famous as renowned merchants, industrialists and collectors. This is the estate of Fyodor Ivanovich Prove and Adela Ivanovna Prove-Kalish, brother and sister, the children of Ivan (Johann) Karlovich Prove, the son of a native of Prussia. His contemporaries knew him as a talented manufacturer, banker and philanthropist with a huge, sacrificial heart. For some time, the actress Vera Kholodnaya lived in this house.
- The tour route includes a walking tour from the Krasnye Vorota metro station to the Kalish Mansion at 22 Novaya Basmannaya Street.
- You will see:
- A rare sculptural work by Ivan Shadr in Lermontov Square;
- Constructivist buildings by Ivan Fomin;
- The mansion of millionaire Staheev and the amazing fountain in front of his facade;
- The Bauman Garden and its preserved decorative grotto of the early twentieth century;
- The main courtyard and interiors of the Provo-Kalish mansion;
- A miraculously preserved stained glass window inside the mansion, adorning one of the stairs.
- You will find out:
- What happened in front of the Red Gate at the beginning of the twentieth century;
- Why does Novaya Basmannaya Street have such a name?;
- The history of the Bauman Garden;
- What mysteries do the decorations on the facade of the Prove-Kalish estate hold?;
- Which organization was located in the manor building during the Soviet era;
- Which famous buildings in Moscow were built by the architect of the Treyman estate.
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