The Spassky Cathedral in the Andronikov Monastery is considered the oldest in the capital, it was painted by many legendary iconographers, including Andrei Rublev and Daniil Chernii. You can still find traces of these ornaments on the windows of this ancient cathedral.The first owner of this building was Tsar Ivan Bobrischev. He did not leave any heirs after his death that and this house became the property of the state. Later this house served as an office for the British diplomats, who were establishing trade relations with Moscow. In the early 1970s, the building was restored and regained its original appearance.This ancient monastery was built in the 1370. It was enlarged several times and was heavily fortified because it was a perfect defense point of southern approaches to Moscow. It was abolished and partially demolished during the Russian Revolution, but several structures, made in the 17th century and designed in the Naryshkin Baroque style, have survived.For a long time, people thought that the building of the Palace of Vasily III was completely destroyed, so its discovery was a huge surprise. A usual two-story building turned out to be the Palace of Vasily III and the oldest secular building in Moscow. Architects discovered that the layout of the room remained almost intact.The wall of Kitay-Gorod is the rare extant monument of the medieval Russian fortification. The fortress wall around Moscow's Kitay-Gorod was built under the leadership of the Italian engineer Petrok Maly in the 1535-1538 during the reign of Elena Glinskaya. The fortification was adjacent to the corner towers of the Moscow Kremlin — Beklemishevskaya and Arsenalnaya.The Church of All Saints na Kulichkakh is one of the oldest churches in Moscow. It was built by Dmitry Donskoy in 1380 after the Kulikov Battle and was originally a wooden church. In 1488, it was rebuilt in stone, because Moscow had often suffered from destructive fires.The Krutitskoe Podvorye is located on the bank of the Moscow River. According to the history, the men's monastery was founded here in the XIII century to protect Moscow from Mongol raids. During its history it was the residence of the bishops of Sarsky and Podonsky, the office of the gendarme corps of count Benckendorf, and a branch of the State Historical Museum. Today it is the courtyard of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, where the Synodal Department for youth Affairs of the Russian Orthodox Church is also located.Lubyanka Square is located on a high hill, which is rounded by Solyanka – an ancient way to Vladimir and Ryazan. Its history goes back to the 1480, when the Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow, who had conquered Novgorod, settled many Novgorodians in this area. It is best known for the tremendous Lubyanka Building, a former headquarters of KGB, that nowadays is occupied by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation.Stroll the famous Nikolskaya Street and find the glorious Ferrein’s Pharmacy. It was once the most acknowledged pharmacy in Moscow and the largest in Europe. This magnificence building was designed by the famous architect A. E. Erichson in the Neo-Renaissance style with vibes of the Gothic style.This Lutheran cathedral can be found in the area of Kitay-Gorod. The cathedral, built in the Prussian-Lutheran style with an angular tower and a sand colored spire, certainly creates a feeling of something warm and familiar. The harmonious combination of Neo-Gothic, Romanesque and Modern creates a truly incomparable scenery.Discover the Zinaida Morozova Mansion, a masterful combination of Gothic and Romantic styles. It was built by Savva Morozov for his beloved wife Zinaida Grigorievna, who loved social evenings, balls and luxury. Therefore, in order to please his wife and excel in the noble society, Savva Morozov invited the renowned architect Fyodor Shechtel. The project was based on drawings of the Neo-Gothic castle in Manchester and is quite similar to the castle of Chenonceau in France.This church is hidden in the vibrant streets of Kitay-Gorod. It was built around the 1630 by the merchant Grigory Nikitnikov in the exquisite Russian Baroque style. The finest Russian architects and artists of the time had worked on this church, including painters Simeon Ushakov, Yakov Kazanets and Osip Vladimirov.Explore the St. Andrew's Cathedral, the only Anglican church in the Russian capital. The Church building was designed by Neil Freeman in the Victorian style, which is stylized English Gothic. Admire a piece of English aesthetics in the heart of the magnificent Moscow.The Golitsyn Chambers is rightfully considered to be the most ancient of the present residential buildings. The earliest part of this building is related to the pre-Peter architecture of the late XVII century when Russia had its own incomparable architectural style.Finalize your day at the Suschevskaya Police Station, the oldest in the Russian capital. The young poet Vladimir Mayakovsky was arrested for revolutionary activity and kept in one of its cells. Until the first half of the XIX century from the height of its tower, you could see almost entire Moscow scenery, so it was occupied by the firefighters.
If they saw the smoke, the determined where a fire was by means of a special system of colored balls that were hung on the tower. Today this building is the museum of the Ministry of International Affairs of the Russian Federation.
