Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The Kremlin
137
Manezhnaya
Ploshchad
Uglovaya
Arsenalnaya
Tower
Uglovaya
Arsenalnaya
Tower
Russian
Historical
Museum
Russian
Historical
Museum
GUM
GUM
Krasnaya
Ploshchad
(Red Square)
Krasnaya
Ploshchad
(Red Square)
Alexander
Gardens
Alexander
Gardens
Lenin's
Mausoleum
Lenin's
Mausoleum
Lobanoye Mesto
Armory
Armory
Moscow
Manege
Moscow
Manege
President's
Residence
President's
Residence
Spasskaya Tower/
Main Entrance
Spasskaya Tower/
Main Entrance
Kutafya Towers/
Visitor's Entrance
Kutafya Towers/
Visitor's Entrance
Supreme
Soviet
Supreme
Soviet
St. Basil's
Cathedral
St. Basil's
Cathedral
Troitskaya
Tower
Troitskaya
Tower
Palace of
Congresses
Palace of
Congresses
Ivanovskaya
Square
Ivanovskaya
Square
Ivan the Great
Bell Tower
Ivan the Great
Bell Tower
Cathedral of the
Assumption
Cathedral of the
Assumption
Czar Bell
Czar Bell
7
Cathedral
Square
Cathedral
Square
Grand Kremlin
Palace
Grand Kremlin
Palace
Bekhlemisheskaya
Tower
Bekhlemisheskaya
Tower
Borovitskaya
Tower
Borovitskaya
Tower
Vodozvodnaya
Tower
Vodozvodnaya
Tower
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100 yds
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0
100 m
crowned here, and patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church were inaugurated and
buried here—the Patriarch's Seat is built into one of the pillars. Napoleon's cavalry sta-
bled horses here during their brief occupation of Moscow in 1812. Most of the frescoes
date from a later restoration, in the 1660s. The
Patriarch's Palace and the Cathedral of
the Twelve Apostles
are next door, both part of one structure that is now a museum of
17th-century Russian life and art. The exhibit includes a goblet with no base, requiring
drinkers to toss back a full cup of wine in one gulp. The huge stove was used for making
holy oil (involving more than 50 ingredients) once every 2 or 3 years. Other personal
effects include a 17th-century chess set with knights mounted on elephants.
