Palace of Farmers

From the square, follow the colonnades towards the central arch. Then walk closer to pick out the reliefs on the façade.

Getting there

Taynitskaya Tower › Path down from the gate › Underpass beneath Baturina Street › Palace Square

Beyond the gate, take the footpath downhill to Baturina Street. Use the underpass towards the embankment, then turn away from the river into Palace Square. Its central path leads to the palace arch.

From the start of the path, frame the dome above the centre of the square. Matching colonnades stretch to either side.

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History

From the hill below the Kremlin you can take in the entire façade. Two colonnaded wings meet at a lofty arch crowned by an openwork dome. Built in 2010 for Tatarstan’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the palace borrows its grand scale from European ceremonial architecture and its decoration from farm life. Agricultural scenes appear in relief on the walls. Inside is a collection of old tools, household objects, photographs and documents. The tree spreading its branches over the square is twenty metres tall and cast in bronze.

Sources

• Palace on Fedoseyevskaya Street
• Sources
• Baturina Street underpass

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