Moscow Kremlin. Scheme of walking

Part of your dreams come true - you are in Moscow, inthe heart of our country. First of all, guests of our capital visit the Red Square and the Kremlin. Excursions are not held around the clock, and everyone wants to walk around historical places. The Kremlin of the Kremlin occupies a large area. In order not to get lost and not get confused in historical buildings, you will need a scheme of the Moscow Kremlin.

How to get to the territory of the capital fortress

If you get on the subway, it's most convenientgo to the station "Library them. Lenin. " Then go to the sign of the street Manezhnaya. Going to the surface, you will find yourself in the Alexander Garden - it is located near the western wall of the palace. Any scheme of the Kremlin shows the tourist that the entrance to it is through Kutafia Tower. On the right hand there will be cash desks, there you will get tickets for visiting.

After passing, you will see that to the wall of the fortressThe Troitskaya tower adjoins the previous tower by the Trinity Bridge. Once under it ran the Neglinnaya River. A few centuries ago it was encased in an underground reservoir to equip the Alexander Park.

After passing through the guard of honor at the Trinity Tower, you will find yourself on the square of the same name.

The Kremlin: a scheme for walking. Start

Around Troitskaya Square there are many assignments. To the left of it is the Arsenal building, or Tseikhhaus (the German "weapons house"). The weapons house is considered a relatively young building, as it was built in the beginning of the XVIII century. Near Tseyhgauz, as conceived by Peter the Great, various military weapons, including French cannons, are on display.

To the right of the square is the State Kremlin Palace, where various variety concerts are held, and the main Christmas tree of the country is established.

The territory of the detinets is divided into squares and streets. The Kremlin is beautiful. Its scheme is clear and simple. Passing all along the same Trinity Square directly, on the left behind it you can see the Senate Square. Behind this square in the square is the Senate itself. All kinds of passages to it are closed, since this building is the working residence of the head of the Russian Federation.

Behind the Senate Palace in the Soviet years was built the building of the Kremlin administration. It was built on the site of the demolished Chudova and the Resurrection Monasteries.

Continuation of the walk

Smoothly moving to Ivanovskaya square, from itthe cathedrals of the ancient detinets are seen. Before reaching the ancient churches, all tourists stop at the Tsar Cannon. This tool of foundry masters amazes at first sight, Andrei Chokhov cast it in 1586. Previously, the gun "guarded" the south side of the royal palace. Later it was moved inside.

Right at the rate is a narrow "multi-storey" church - Ivan the Great Bell Tower, built in 1329. Nearby is the Tsar Cannon.

In the neighborhood of the bell tower is the Church of the 12 apostles, erected in 1656.

Then comes Cathedral Square, called it so,because its cathedrals and churches surround it: the Ivan the Great Belltower, the Archangel, the Annunciation and the Assumption Cathedrals, the churches of the Terem Palace and the Deposition of Deposition. A little further built the Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin. Between this and the Arkhangelsk churches there is an exit to Borovitskaya Street. This is a kind of observation platform (the southern side of the Kremlin), with a view of the Moscow River.

On the right is the Great Kremlin Palace. In it, the president receives guests, rewards the heroes of the Fatherland. Behind the palace stands the armory of the times of Ivan Kalita. It exhibited not only weapons, but also dishes, utensils, stones, as well as a collection of the Diamond Fund of the country.

Exit the palace

Moscow Kremlin is huge. Its outline looks like an irregular quadrilateral. Behind the Armory in the corner of the fortress stands the Borovitskaya Tower, named after the hill on which it stands. Through this building an exit from the Kremlin is made.

On this tour you can finish, since then there is an opportunity to walk only along the various towers on the walls of the fortress (Blagoveshchenskaya, Tainitskaya, 1st and 2nd Unnamed, Petrovskaya, etc.).

Grand Kremlin of Moscow. The scheme, unfortunately, can not convey these majestic expanses and scale of temples, palaces and chambers, but it will help the traveler to plan a route for survey of interesting historical objects.