Legends of the Clinical Town
Description:
We will take a walk to the legendary "medical" district of Moscow! You will see rare pearls of Moscow architecture of the past, learn about scientists, doctors, teachers, writers, perfumers, military, philanthropists who left their mark in the history of medicine in Russia. A unique clinical town appeared in the XIX century and has not changed since that time. The city has allocated a large plot of land on the Maiden Field, and then you will learn:
- Why after the coronation of Emperor Nicholas I on the Maiden’s Field was forbidden to hold festivities?
- Where were the Tsaritsyn streets
- Who saved Giuseppe Garibaldi?
- What is it like to be the son-in-law of a brilliant doctor?
- Why did the merchant Solodovnikov object that his name should bear the medical building he built?
- Where is the "alley of life"?
- Whose motto is "I burn others' light myself"?
If the group wishes, for an additional fee, an excursion to the Museum of the History of Medicine of the First I.M. Sechenov MSMU is possible.
The tour is designed for a wide range of tourists and is recommended for future students of medical schools / universities. Extended program "Medical Moscow" on the bus on the Garden Ring
The price includes:
Walking tour of the Maiden Field. The meeting place is Frunzenskaya. The end of the tour in the park of the Novodevichy monastery.
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