Uglich City Council

 Uglich City Council

 

Uglich City Council

Uglich City Council

The building of Uglich City Duma or City Council was built in the Classical architectural style in 1813- 15. For more than 100 years it housed the whole administration of Uglich including Uglich Police, City Government, City Council, Guild Council, court, bank, archive room, a hall for public meetings and parish and district school. Uglich City Council stands on the South- Eastern part of Uglich Kremlin on the slope of the medieval moat that used to defend historic part of the town and natural Kameny Brook. It is a two story simple, but elegant building with two distinct symmetrical facades, decorated with six columns that support portico of the Tuscan order. The best view of Uglich City Council is from Filippovsky bridge.
 
Above the slope of the old moat in the southeastern part of the Kremlin stands an imposing ceremonial building, decorated with a six-column portico. This is the former building of the City offices, built in 1813-1815, which was the seat of the city administration for over a hundred years. It housed the City Duma, the City Magistrate (later the City Government), the Guild Council, the court, the bank, archives, the district and parish schools, a hall for public meetings, etc. It has two floors, a clear symmetrical facade, and is crowned with a mezzanine in the center. The lower side parts are treated with rustication, and the raised central part is with the mentioned portico of the Tuscan order. A simple four-pitched roof rises from above. Coming closer, we notice some inconsistency in the parts, even some roughness, typical of provincial architecture. The facade seems to blur, it loses its charm. But it is worth moving further, especially from the square, Filippovsky Bridge, and the building takes on the appearance of a noble refined palace, rising above the picturesque bends of the Kamenny Brook channel. This is an interesting effect. But it is also interesting that the building has two main facades - one, as mentioned, overlooks the city square, and the second, completely identical, to the Kremlin. There he is well perceived against the backdrop of the greenery of the park and the large facade of the Epiphany Cathedral. On this side, the main entrance, formerly processed by a small four-column portico, echoing the large one raised above. Inside, many elements of the austere and ascetic government building of the Alexander era have been preserved. Rooms with empty walls and modest stucco cornices, vaulted rooms with trellises and wrought-iron doors for storing valuables. The former public Red Hall, in which the Duma sat and Soviet power in Uglich was proclaimed, became the Musical Lounge, where concerts are held. The building houses the departments of the museum.