Moscow Metro Elegant and impressive full of passion and style Many of Moscows metro stations are architectural masterpieces heavily themedup with sculptures and mosaics Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro not only looks good it really works efficiently too ID: 578768
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MOSCOWSlide2
Moscow Metro
Elegant and impressive, full of passion and style
Many of Moscow's metro stations are architectural masterpieces, heavily themed-up with sculptures and mosaicsSlide3
Moscow MetroThe Moscow Metro not only looks good - it really works efficiently too.
Prices
are very reasonable and the trains run very frequently and very fast. Slide4
The Red SquareThe square was originally used as Moscow’s main market place.The name doesn’t originate from either the red bricks or the time of the Soviet Union, but rather from the Russian word
‘
красная’, meaning ‘beautiful’.
The Red Square has been a place of importance in Russia since the 1500s.Nowadays it is used for military parades, festivals and concerts.Slide5
Saint Basil’s CathedralSaint Basil’s Church is a Russian Orthodox Church located in the Red Square, Moscow.Legend has it, that after the
the cathedral was finished, the Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, had the architect
blinded so he could not make a building more beautiful than the cathedral.Slide6
The KremlinThe Kremlin serves as the official residence of the
Russian President.The name Kremlin means ‘fortress’, and it is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow.The Kremlin was originally the residence of the Tsars. Slide7
Tsar Bell and Tsar Cannon
are as impressive as they are useless. The 40-tonne cannon never fired shot, and the 202-tonne bell never rang on account of an 11-tonne chunk falling off during the cooling period of its construction. Slide8
The Seven Sisters Built on the orders of
Stalin, the towers were constructed for the glorification of the Soviet State after WWII, and were intended to rival the USA's skyscrapers that had gone up in the 30-ies counterparts. Slide9
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
Russia's largest church
Originally commissioned to celebrate the defeat of Napoleon
Torn down by communists in 1933 Reconstructed to its former splendour in 2000Slide10
'Palace of the Soviets'Stalin's idea was to build a mighty 'Palace of the Soviets' was dismissed, owing to architectural difficulties
A
giant outdoor swimming pool was constructed instead.Slide11
Arbat A pedestrian
street
in the heart of the city, about a kilometre long A host of mime artists,
poets, souvenir shops and art stalls