A historic Moscow steam-bath building has been demolished without permission by developers, a heritage preservation group said, RIA-Novosti reports.
A contractor company, identified by the city administration as Elit Massiv, began unauthorized demolition work at the site of the Mozhaiskiye Bani (or Mozhaisk Saunas) in western Moscow late last month, despite an order from city inspectors to stop, and a fine of 200,000 rubles ($6,680).
“As of today the building has been completely demolished,” RIA-Novosti quotes Arkhnadzor's Natalia Samover as saying.
Built in 1953, the Mozhaiskiye Bani was a popular place for Muscovites to go to the sauna and do their laundry, but was shut down in 1995 for reconstruction.
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