Alexandrowka colony

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The Alexandrowka colony is a historic 19th-century Russian-style settlement in Potsdam, Germany, built for Russian singers in Prussian service and now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian-style colony
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
historic settlement
architecturalStyle Russian Revival
surface form: Russian Revival architecture

vernacular Russian wooden architecture
constructedFor Russian singers in Prussian service
country Germany
foundedBy Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia
surface form: Frederick William III of Prussia
hasBuildingMaterial wood
hasChapel Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church
hasCity Potsdam
hasCulturalSignificance testimony to Russian presence in Prussia
hasCurrentUse museum site
residential area
hasFunction open-air museum
tourist attraction
hasGardenType orchard gardens
hasLandscapeElement fruit trees
tree-lined avenues
hasLanguageOfOriginalInhabitants Russian
hasLegalProtection monument protection under Brandenburg law
hasNumberOfHouses 13
hasPreservationStatus largely preserved in original form
hasSignificance symbol of Prussian-Russian friendship in the 19th century
hasStreetPlan cruciform layout
hasTouristInfrastructure Russian-style tea room or café
museum in one of the houses
hasUNESCOSiteId 532
hasUrbanContext north of Potsdam city center
hasWorldHeritageCriteria (ii)
(iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus protected historic monument
inception 1826
isExampleOf 19th-century model colony
Prussian-Russian cultural exchange
isManagedBy Potsdam
surface form: City of Potsdam
isTouristDestinationFor cultural tourism
locatedIn Brandenburg NERFINISHED
Germany
Potsdam
namedAfter Alexander I of Russia
surface form: Tsar Alexander I of Russia
originalUse residential colony for Russian choir singers
partOf Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
cultural landscape of Potsdam
religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church
UNESCOWorldHeritageSince 1990

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Potsdam hasLandmark Alexandrowka colony