Sightseeing tour of Kazan + the Kremlin (5 hours)
Description:
The historical center of Kazan is the Kazan Kremlin Museum-Reserve, included in the UNESCO List of Cultural and Natural Heritage.
White stone defensive fortress of the Kremlin - walls and towers of the XVI - XVIII centuries, archaeological fragments of fortifications of the X - XV centuries. From the Kremlin, through the ceremonial Spasskaya Tower with the gate church of the Savior of the Unmade Image, you enter the ancient Khanskaya Street.
Nearby is the Spaso - Transfiguration Monastery with the preserved Church of Nikola Ratny mid XVI century. Administrative buildings XVIII - XIX centuries. - Presence places.
The complex of the Annunciation Cathedral opens to your eyes, the oldest stone temple of which was laid in the era of Ivan the Terrible. Today it is the acting main cathedral of the Kazan and Tatarstan diocese. The temple was visited by almost all the emperors of Russia. The complex includes a bishop’s house and consistory.
The architectural emblem of not only the Kremlin, but also the city, is the Syuyumbeki Tower, named after the last queen of the Kazan Khanate, about the extraordinary beauty of which legends will tell you. At the foot of the tower is the mausoleum of the descendants of Genghis Khan, the tomb of Kazan khans, which is a place of pilgrimage for Muslims. Here is the magnificent Governor’s Palace in the style of Russian classicism, Baroque with elements of eclecticism.
Cannon yard built XVII century. From here Peter I made a Persian campaign on the Volga. The sightseeing tour of the Kremlin ends with a visit to the Kol Sharif mosque. This is the most striking monumental architectural structure of the Kremlin. The mosque is the successor to the main cathedral mosque of the Kazan Khanate.
