Occupants continue to destroy historical monuments in Mariupol: unique brick masquerades are plastered over
Kyiv • UNN
Russian workers have plastered over unique brick mascarons on the nineteenth-century house of the merchant Ryabinkin in occupied Mariupol. Earlier, the invaders dismantled the bas-relief on Nielsen's house and destroyed the figures of the Drama Theater.
Residents of the city complain about the destruction of historical monuments in Mariupol by the occupiers. In particular, Russian workers plastered over unique brick mascarons on the house of merchant Ryabinkin at 11 Georgiyivska Street, UNN reports, citing a statement from the Mariupol City Council.
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According to the city council, the house was built in the nineteenth century. It was decorated with mascarons - sculptural decorations on the walls that look like the face of a person, animal, or fantastic creature.
"No one plasters masquerades anywhere. Everyone leaves them either cast or made using stone carving techniques. Sometimes it seems to us that the Russian Ministry of Construction is conducting some kind of experiment in Mariupol, the goals of which are not clear enough," the local telegram channel wrote.
Earlier, the invaders had already dismantled the original bas-relief on the house of architect Nielsen. At 38 Mytropolytska Street, the original nineteenth-century wooden doors disappeared during the so-called "renovation". And in April, during the so-called restoration of the Drama Theater by a Russian contractor, the figures were destroyed. The cornice of the pediment collapsed on them.