Tsaritsyno, evening, Grand Palace

Tsaritsyno, the Grand Palace. Sketch from nature.
Wikipedia: "… Two options for restoring the Grand Palace were discussed: the first suggested reconstruction of a structure erected by Matthew Kazakov with functional interior decoration, the second was the addition of a building with elegant decor and decoration of rooms for palace styles of the XVIII-XIX centuries. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov accepted the second option. ..
The head of the Institute of Art Studies, Alexei Komech, called the implemented project fantasy restoration, the essence of which he expressed with the phrase:
"We will have the past, which we want, and the historical heritage that we will create ["
Indeed, fantasy. .. Having come to Tsaritsyno after a long break, I was so impressed by the architectural quirk of the reconstructed monument that I thought up: "A new building is not always bad. Sometimes it is amazing!"