Moscow's underground palaces. Excursion on the Moscow metro
Description:
The Moscow metro is an incredibly interesting place, although at first glance it seems ordinary and unremarkable.
A trip to the Moscow metro can be a real immersion in history and world culture. The main thing is to know how to look around and what details to pay attention to. I'll help you rethink your relationship with the subway: stop being bored while you wait for the train to arrive, and start enjoying every descent into the ground.
Florence of the time of Dante and the Athenian Acropolis, Gothic stained glass windows and sculptures by Michelangelo. What you will not find in the Moscow metro
You will learn why there was an underground city, where the elements for decoration were supplied, and what was the reason why the architects did not choose ready-made projects, but developed their own unique masterpieces, which later turned the domestic subway into a work of art.
During the tour you will get acquainted with the history of the metropolitan subway - a dynamic and continuously developing object. Follow the main stages of its development, strolling through different halls - from the first constructivist lines, to the next - more like luxurious palaces, and then - to the extremely urban, looking to the future.