- Type
- Palace / château
- Origins
- 1770 · 18th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Chernihiv, Ukraine
- Style
- Neoclassicism
- Architect
- Karl Blank
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 50.8367°, 32.6556°
History
The estate in the Chernihiv region was granted in 1770 to Field Marshal Pyotr Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, who began building the palace and laying out the park. From 1824 it belonged to Hryhoriy Tarnovsky, a patron of the arts who remodelled the house and made it a centre of cultural life. His guests included the composer Mikhail Glinka, the painter Vasyl Shternberg and Taras Shevchenko. In the late 19th century Vasyl Tarnovsky the Younger assembled a large collection of Ukrainian antiquities here, which he donated to Chernihiv. After the revolution the estate was nationalised, and in 1981 the palace and park became a historical and cultural reserve.
What to see
The palace, with its columned portico and side wings, faces a huge landscape park with a chain of ponds, avenues and islands. The park's monuments include a Neo-Gothic gate, a water tower, St George's Church, bridges and pavilions. The palace houses a museum display, and the reserve is best explored on a long walk.
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