3-hour walking sightseeing tour "Look through the centuries..." with the opportunity to climb the upper tiers of the Thunder Tower and with a visit to the Smolensk Cathedral.

Excursion to the historical center of Smolensk with a story about the history of the city from pagan times to the present day, with a tour of the Smolensk fortress, Blognier Park, Heroes Square, Lopatinsky Garden, Budnikov houses, Engelhardt, Noble Assembly, St. Great Soviet and many others, with a visit to the Smolensk Cathedral.

3-hour walking tour "Look through the centuries..." with a visit to the Smolensk Cathedral.

We will have the opportunity to climb the upper tiers of the Thunder Tower and go out on the spine, visiting the Grozny 17th Century Museum (optional, for an additional fee).

This tour can be on transport, but it is better to use it in bad weather. The whole "old center" in Smolensk is pedestrian, the display facilities are located at a short distance from each other, so a walking tour is not very tedious, but very interesting!

We will go on a tour of the historical center of Smolensk, along the walls of the Smolensk fortress and three ancient parks: Blonje, Heroes Square, Lopatinsky Garden, where you will see the most significant monuments of history and architecture of the city.

During the walk you will learn about the history of the construction of the legendary Smolensk fortress, about its role in protecting the Russian state in the Time of Troubles, during the Patriotic Wars of the XIX and XX centuries.

You will visit the Thunder Tower, at the base of which in the XVI century Boris Godunov laid the first stone, and at the Donets Tower, where the memorial burial of heroes is located in the fortress wall - such in Russia is only on Red Square in Moscow.

Stop at the "Eternal Fire", next to which the Smolyan M. Egorov, who hoisted the banner of Victory over the Reichstag, is buried.

You will see the famous monuments dedicated to the war of 1812. "Grateful Russia - Heroes of 1812", known as "monument with eagles" and cast-iron monument "Smolensk battle of August 4-5, 1812", installed in 1841.

You will see the world’s first monument to the composer M. I. Glinka, get acquainted with the informal symbol of Smolensk – a bronze sculpture of a deer, learn its history.

Admire the mansions and “houses with names”, giving the central streets of Smolensk the appearance of the city of the heyday of the Russian Empire.

Visit the Cathedral Hill - the most sacred place of the ancient city!

From the top of the hill you will admire the views of the eastern section of the Smolensk fortress, visit the Bishops’ Court, get acquainted with its architectural ensemble, visit the Assumption Cathedral, where you will touch its main shrines.

You will find a story about two Smolensk Odigitria, the history and legend of the Smolensk fortress and the Old Smolensk road.

In the Assumption Cathedral you will touch Orthodox shrines, among which is the Image of the Smolensk Mother of God Odigetria 16 c. ;

Sandals of the Holy Warrior Mercury (13th century), a shrine preserved from the time of Monomakhov Cathedral;

gold woven shroud of workshops kn. Euphrosyne Staritskaya (16th century).

• In the Assumption Cathedral of Smolensk there are three Miraculous icons.

In the 20th century, the Gate Icon of the Smolensk Mother of God Odigitria was placed in the temple - an exact list with the miraculous "monomachian" icon.

In the 1990s, two more icons stored in the Assumption Cathedral revealed the Miracle of Myrrhage. This is the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God and the image of St. Seraphim of Sarov.

Among the masterpieces of painting and icon painting of the Assumption Cathedral is the composition “Crucifixion with the upcoming”, the works of Viktor Vasnetsov;

The icon “Rev. Abraham and the Martyr Mercury of Smolensk” of the first third of the 18th century, a sample of Baroque painting with unique images of Smolensk of that time.

You can also see the image of Christ in the form of a lamb - a rarity in Russian churches of the time, a violation of the prohibition of the 7th Ecumenical Council.

Visiting the cathedral and the tour ends.