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Two styles of history
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The roof and the domes belongs to the world of the Boyars, the aristocratic power of the medieval Russia (I recommended to see the Eisenstein´s movies "Ivan the terrible" and "The boyar´s plot"). Behing this old buildings you have the Rossia Hotel built back in the sovietic empire, it´s not so old but getting... For sure in both places history took place, intriguing, whispering. Power seem to be always power.
El tejado y las cúpulas pertenecen al tiempo del os boyardos, el poder aristocrático de la Rusia medieval (Os recomiendo que veáis las películas de Eisenstein "Iván el terrible" y "La conjura de los Boyardos"). Tras estos edificios está el Hotel Rossia construido durante el imperio soviético, no está tan viejo pero va camino de ello... Es seguro que en ambos se gestó la historia a golpe de susurros e intrigas. El poder parece que es siempre el poder. |
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Interesting contrast between the old and new. Good colours too. Possibly some distortion correction might help but I'm not sure - I sort of like the leaning effect in this case.
When the hotel was originally built I suspect it was viewed as the height of modernity and a big step forward from tradition. The crumbling concrete block doesn't inspire the same feeling now! Just out of interest, under the hotel name are two other words in Cyrillic script:
Gastinitsa = Hotel
Restoran = Restaurant (obviously!)
Two important words to know if you ever travel in Russia :-)
Very nice shot Miguel and a good note! This is Moscow's great trouble - old architecture has been disapearing first for idealogical reasons and now because of business interests. Nice catch.
Interesante contraste entre el mundo zarista y la vieja Rusia sovietica. Pero tienes razón, el poder es el poder. Buen encuadre y hermosa luz.
Hola Miguel,
Una composicion muy buena, con colores bien definidos. Me gusta mucho el contraste entre las dos arquitectures, aunque creo que el hotel de atras lo van a demolir, es feo pero emblematico, que pena!
Saludos
Daniel
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One bitter fact - in a year or so nobody will be able to take such photo as Moscow Government decided to destroy Hotel Rossia and to build something new, but (I'm sure) in the same stile - glass, concrete etc.
No wonder though, as Mayor's wife owns one of the most powerful construction companies in the city. Instead of renovation they destroy historic cityscape and build tasteless "Luzhkov'" towers of business centers.
So this sample of 60-ies architecture will share the fate of Stalin's hotel Moskva in front of Historical Museum