Couple of days ago I was showing Moscow again to some tourists and we ended up in Red Suqare. I can say some things never get old, but only more gorgeous year after year. So I admired the Red Square 1000th time and want to share with you some of the shots.
So, the entrance to Red Square...
Fact 13.
Resurrection Gate (also called Iberian Gate) is the only existing gate of the Kitai-gorod in Moscow. The first stone gate leading to Red Square was erected in 1535, when the Kitai-gorod wall was being reconstructed in brick. In 1931, the Resurrection Gate and the chapel were demolished in order to make room for heavy military vehicles driving through Red Square during military parades. Both structures were completely rebuilt in 1994-1996, and a new icon of the Iveron Theotokos was painted on Mount Athos to replace the original.
And that's how they looked in 19 century...
Basil's Cathedral is a Russian Orthodox church erected on Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible. It commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.
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So, the entrance to Red Square...
Resurrection Gate (also called Iberian Gate) is the only existing gate of the Kitai-gorod in Moscow. The first stone gate leading to Red Square was erected in 1535, when the Kitai-gorod wall was being reconstructed in brick. In 1931, the Resurrection Gate and the chapel were demolished in order to make room for heavy military vehicles driving through Red Square during military parades. Both structures were completely rebuilt in 1994-1996, and a new icon of the Iveron Theotokos was painted on Mount Athos to replace the original.
And that's how they looked in 19 century...
What do we see on Red Square? Your favourite St Basil's!
The building is shaped as a flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no analogues in Russian architecture: "It is like no other Russian building. Nothing similar can be found in the entire millennium of Byzantine tradition from the fifth to fifteenth century ... a strangeness that astonishes by its unexpectedness, complexity and dazzling interleaving of the manifold details of its design."
And on the right there is the large Kremlin Wall with it's, that was a fortress initially.
The Kremlin includes four palaces, four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation. The Slavs occupied the south-western portion of the hill as early as the 11th century.
The Soviet government moved from Petrograd to Moscow on 12 March 1918. Vladimir Leninselected the Kremlin Senate as his residence. Joseph Stalin also had his personal rooms in the Kremlin. He was eager to remove from his headquarters all the "relics of the tsarist regime".
The existing Kremlin walls and towers were built by Italian masters over the years 1485 to 1495. The irregular triangle of the Kremlin wall encloses an area of 275,000 square metres (68 acres). Its overall length is 2235 metres (2444 yards), but the height ranges from 5 to 19 metres, depending on the terrain. The wall's thickness is between 3.5 and 6.5 metres.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a war memorial, dedicated to the Soviet soldiers killed during World War II. It is located at the Kremlin Wall in the Alexander Garden in Moscow. "Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal". Change of the guards is every hour in summer, every half an hour in winter.
And then just left from St Basil's there's superb GUM...
With some festive events constantly taking place there.
With the façade extending for 794 ft (242 m) along the eastern side of Red Square, the Upper Trading Rows were built between 1890 and 1893. The trapezoidal building features an interesting combination of elements of Russian medieval architecture and a steel framework andglass roof, a similar style to the great 19th century train stations of London.
And then there is Alexander Garden. Historic, relaixing, very green and touristy, picturesque and ... marvelous!
So that was a little tour to Red Square and the Kremlin. If you have any questions or need a tour, just let me know;)
- Flash back to the times of the past on our Red Square and the Kremlin Tour
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