Kazan Kremlin
The Kazan Kremlin ( Russian Казанский кремль ; Tatar Казан кирмәне) is a historic citadel in Kazan , the capital of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan . It was built after the capture of Kazan by the Russian troops of Ivan IV in 1552 on the ruins of the former residence of the Khan of Kazan. The Kazan Kremlin today combines elements of Christian Orthodox and Muslim architecture and belongs since 2000 to the World Heritage of UNESCO .
The Kazan Kremlin is located on the Kazanka , a tributary of the Volga . Today it serves as the seat of the government of Tatarstan, which resides in the governor's palace built by Konstantin Thon from the 18th century. The Kul Sharif Mosque , built in 2005, is considered the second largest mosque in Europe. Numerous architectural monuments, such as the Cathedral of St. Nicholas (1560s), the Preobrazhensky Cathedral (1590s) or the bell tower of the Cathedral of the Annunciation , were destroyed by the Bolsheviks in the 1930s .
Attractions
Savior Gate
Kul Sharif Mosque
Former governor's palace
Former Transfiguration Monastery
Transfiguration Monastery, historical view
Walls and towers
Received towers
- Spasskaya (Savior Tower). Built in the 1560s, expanded in the 18th century
- Yugo-Zapadnaya. Built between 1556 and 1562, has a cylindrical shape
- Preobraženskaja. Built at the end of the 16th century, square floor plan
- Zapadnaya Bezymjannaja. Built at the end of the 16th century
- Tajnickaya
- Voskresenskaya
- Dmitrievskaya
- Konsistorskaya
- Yugo-Vostočnaja
Destroyed towers
- Pyatigrannaya. It had a pentagonal floor plan
- Severo-Zapadnaya
- Severnaya
- Severo-Vostočnaja
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Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '53.1 " N , 49 ° 5' 53.4" E
Heritage: Historic Center of Saint Petersburg (1990) | Churches of Kizhi Pogost on the island of Kizhi in Lake Onega (1990) | Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow (1990) | Architectural monuments of Novgorod and the surrounding area (1990) | Historical and cultural monuments on the Solovetsky Islands on the White Sea (1992) | White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal (1992) | Fortified Monastery of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius in Sergiev Posad (1993) | Ascension Church in Kolomenskoye (1994) | Kazan Kremlin (2000) | Ferapontow Monastery (2000) | Curonian Spit (2000) | Citadel, old town and fortifications of Derbent (2003) | Novodevichy Monastery (2004) | Yaroslavl Old Town (2005) | Struve Arch (2005) | Historical center and archaeological sites of Bolgar (2014) | Assumption Cathedral of the island city of Svyazhsk (2017) | Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture (2019)
Natural Heritage: Komi Primeval Forests (1995) | Lake Baikal (1996) | Volcanic region of Kamchatka with the Klyuchevskoy Nature Park (1996) | Golden Mountains of the Altai in Southern Siberia (1998) | Western Caucasus (1999) | Central Sichote-Alin Nature Reserve (2001) | Uws Nuur Basin (2003) | Wrangel Island Nature Reserve (2004) | Putorana Mountains (2010) | Lenafelsen Nature Park (2012) | Daurian Landscapes (2017)