MUSEUM OF HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND FINE ARTS

This museum is located in the old Pogankin palace dating from the th century. The most interesting pieces are, without doubt, the icons, coming from the many churches in the region destroyed by the bolsheviks. One can observe the particular style of the school in Pskov, which had its hour of glory at the beginning of the th century. It is characterized by realism far away from the usual canons of Orthodox iconography. The city probably suffered the influence of the Italian renaissance transmitted through Catholic Poles. Even though the museum has a beautiful collection, the most beautiful icons of the school in Pskov, are preserved at the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow or the Russian museum in St. Petersburg.