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CATHEDRAL SQUARE |

| Moscow Kremlin

Administrative buildings | The Kremlin Towers | The Kremlin Cathedrals | Squares and Gardens

Red Square

Ivanovskaya Square

Cathedral Square

Tainitsky Gardens

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Cathedral Square

This is the Kremlin’s most important and oldest square. It dates back to the early 14th century. All the buildings making up this unique, world-famous ensemble are wonderful monuments of Old Russian architecture: the Cathedral of the Assumption, the cathedrals of the Annunciation and the Archangel, the Church of Ioann Lestvichnik with the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, the Faceted Palace and the Patriarch’s Palace. This inimitable architectural ensemble, picturesque and harmonious, was created through the labor and talent of Russian masters hailing from Moscow, Vladimir and Pskov, as well as Italian architects.

Over the centuries, the square has been the site of crowded religious processions and grand coronation parades. Foreign dignitaries were received at the Red Porch of the Faceted Palace.

In the 17th and 19th centuries the square was repeatedly covered with slabs of strong sandstone. In the early 20th century this layer was removed and the square was asphalted. In 1955 the asphalt was removed and the stone pavement restored.

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