Pavilion "Hut on Chicken Legs" (Abramtsevo) | gazebo, interesting place

Russia / Moskovskaja Oblast / Khotkovo / Abramtsevo
 gazebo, interesting place
The pavilion that got the name "Hut on Chicken Legs" for its fairy-tale look was built under the project of Viktor Vasnetsov not far from the church in 1883. The hut has a thick-log frame that rests upon the stumps, and a gable roof crowned by an apex with a horse head at the northern fronton. At the northern side the frame extends to a lean-to standing on pillars covered with straw while the southern part has a "balcony" with a boarded roof. Stylized images of an owl and a bat adorning the hut's frontons became later popular decorative motifs in the Art Nouveau style in Russia.
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Coordinates:   56°14'8"N   37°58'2"E
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