The Manor of Marfino is located in the Dmitrovsky district of the Moscow region and is a palace and park ensemble and a monument of Russian architecture of the 18-19th centuries.

In the 16th century, on the territory of the present estate, the possessions of boyar Vasily Petrovich Golovin are located, in 1585 Marfino, then called Shchibrino, belongs to Vasily Yakovlevich Shchelkalov, and in the beginning of the 17th century - again passes to the family of Golovins, who in 1650 sell it to Semyon Zaborovsky .In 1698, Boris Alekseevich Golitsyn acquires Marfino. It is for this period that the construction of the choir, the arrangement of the French park and later the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (1701-1707 biennium .) - the only one that has survived to the present day since the construction .

Since 1728 the estate of Marfino has passed to Saltykov who started a large-scale construction here, when a new stone palace is being built, park pavilions and gazebos, two corps of psaren and a winter church (1770s) are under construction. Later the estate was sold to Vladimir Grigorievich Orlov, and then passed into the legacy of his daughter, Sofya Vladimirovna Panina, who undertook the reconstruction of all the manor buildings and invited Mikhail Bykovsky, Mikhail Dormidontovich for this.

How to get to Marfino

By train from Savelovsky station to "Katuar" station (journey time is 50 minutes), then by bus number 37. By car along Dmitrovskoye highway - at 39 km there will be a turn with the index to "Marfino", after a turn about 3 km

Attractions Marfino

The central part of the Marfinsky ensemble is a two-story brick palace, towering on a hill. In front of the palace there is a huge pond, to which a white stone staircase descends, ending with a cast-iron fountain with a pier, decorated with stone sculptures of griffins. Around the pond are the main buildings of the manor - the bridge that functions as the front entrance, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin and the Peter and Paul Church, a park with pavilions.

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin was built by the architect Vladimir Ivanovich Belozerov, whose grave, immortalized by a tombstone, is located nearby. Near the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos there is the Peter and Paul Church (winter) church, built at the Saltykovs.

Park gazebos are represented by a half-rounder, built of white stone and previously served as the "Music Pavilion", and a two-tier rotunda "Milovid." A brick bridge leading through a pond, with its turrets, jagged ridges and loopholes reminds a fortress structure. Originally built in the 1770s under the Saltykovs, the bridge was significantly rebuilt in 1837-1839 by the architect Bykovsky.

Manor Marfino

Bridge, Manor Marfino

The preserved gallery, the Manor of Marfino

Preserved stucco molding, Marfino Manor

Church, Manor of Marfino