Bely Gorod ('The White Town') (Moscow)
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, 1 km from center (Москва)
World / Russia / Moscow City / Central
interesting place, invisible, historic district, do not draw title
Bely Gorod (Russian: Бе́лый го́род, that is, "White Town") is the central core area of Moscow, Russia. The name comes from the color of its defensive wall, which was erected in 1585-1593 at the behest of tsar Feodor I and Boris Godunov by architect Fyodor Kon. Bely Gorod had 28 towers and 11 gates, the names of some of which are still preserved in the names of squares, namely: Trehsvyatsky, Chertolsky (Prechistensky), Arbatsky, Nikitsky, Tversky, Petrovsky, Sretensky, Myasnitsky, Pokrovsky, Yauzskiy, Vasilievsky. The length of the wall - 10 km, width up to 4,5 m. The walls were cogged, like the Kremlin walls, loopholes allowed to keep a continuous fire.
During the reign of Catherine the Great and her grandson Alexander I the wall was demolished and replaced by a chain of boulevards, known as the Boulevard Ring.
During the reign of Catherine the Great and her grandson Alexander I the wall was demolished and replaced by a chain of boulevards, known as the Boulevard Ring.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bely_Gorod
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 55°45'19"N 37°37'23"E
- Gostiny Dvor 0.1 km
- Earlier the Middle Trading Rows 0.2 km
- GUM 0.2 km
- Red Square 0.3 km
- Section of the historic Kitai Gorod wall and towers 0.4 km
- Revolution Square 0.5 km
- Lubyanka Square 0.6 km
- Teatralnaya Square 0.7 km
- Central Bank of Russia 1 km
- Moscow Scientific and Practical Centre of Sports Medicine. The former mansion of the Usachievs-Naydienovs families 2.1 km
- Red Square 0.2 km
- Kitay-gorod 0.2 km
- Park 0.4 km
- Senate Square 0.4 km
- Grand Kremlin Public Garden 0.5 km
- The Arsenal 0.5 km
- Tsentralny Administrative Okrug 0.6 km
- Taynitsky Garden 0.7 km
- Kremlin (Borovitsky) Hill 0.7 km
- Tverskoy District 1.9 km