Tsaritsyno (Russian: Царицыно, IPA: [tsɐˈrʲitsɨnə], literal meaning "Tsaritsa's property") is a palace museum and park reserve in the south of Moscow. It was founded in the 1775 as the summer residence of Empress Catherine II, but the construction had a somewhat dramatic fate and was not completed. For most of its history, it was a half-abandoned landscape park with picturesque ruins, until in the 2000s the palace ensemble was restored according to the original plan. Now it is a museum complex and a popular leisure place for Muscovites and guests of the Russian capital.