The Kremlin de Kazan

The the Kremlin de Kazan (in Russian Cyrillic: Ru КазанскийКремл; in Cyrillic Tatar tt Latin Казанкирмәне and tatar Qazan kirmäne ) is the the Kremlin the historical main thing of Tatarstan, in the town of Kazan. It was built under the orders of Ivan IV, above the ruins of the old castle of the khans of Kazan. It was put on the Liste of the world heritage of UNESCO in 2000.

Buildings

The Kremlin de Kazan shelters several old buildings, oldest being the Cathédrale of the Annunciation (1554 - 1562), the only Russian church of the 16th century having six Trumeau S and five Abside S. Like much of other buildings with Kazan of this périod, it was built starting from the pale sandstone of the area and not of the Brique S. the architect is times says being semi-legendary the Postnik Yakovlev, May it is purely speculative. The Beffroi of the cathedral was set up in five stages according to the orders of the Tsar Ivan IV; he imitates the Clocher of Ivan Large the with the the Kremlin of Moscow and was destroyed by the Soviet in 1930.

The most outstanding building of the Kremlin is the Tour of Söyembikä, which leans on a side and dates from the reign of Pierre I {{er}}. A legend binds this tower to the last queen of Kazan.

Another easily recognizable building is the Spasskaïa tower, in the south of the Kremlin, being used as main entrance. The Spasskaïa tower is named in honor of the Spassky monastery, which was formerly close to the Kremlin. Among the buildings of the monastery one found the church Nicolas saint (years 1560, four piers) and the cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord (years 1590, six piers). They were destroyed by the Communistes under Stalin.

The turns and walls are white like snow; set up in XVIe and XVIIe centuries, they were renovated later.

One also finds there the Mosquée Qolcharif, recently rebuilt, and the residence of the governor (1843-1853), of Konstantin Thon, today the palate of president de Tatarstan. The palate is thought of being built on the site of the palate of the khans.

Between the presidential palace and the Söyembikä tower one finds the church of the palate, built on the site of a mosque.

The septentrional wall of the Kremlin is surmounted by another tower, Secret tower , which holds its name of the Puits that it hid formerly. This tower gives pedestrian access to the Kremlin; the vehicles are not allowed there that in the event of urgency.

Recent events

The opening of largest the Mosque of Europe, the Mosque Qolcharif, took place on June 24th, 2005. Approximately: 17000 people gathered in the Kremlin to celebrate the occasion. Delegations of forty countries there were seen. The building was rebuilt above the principal mosque of old the khans of Kazan, destroyed at the 17th century. The president of Tatarstan, Mintimer Chaemiev, known as that the Qolcharif mosque is a new symbol of Kazan and Tatarstan… a flexible bridge… our past with our future.

The decree ordering the restoration of the mosque also required to make in the same way with the cathedral of the Annunciation of Kazan, which had been taken during the Russian Révolution. July 21st, 2005, the festival of Notre Dame de Kazan, in front of a crowd of: 10000 orthodoxe pilgrims, Alexis II and Chaemiev placed in the cathedral the most venerated copy Icône (from which the original is disappeared for a long time), returned to Russia by the Pape Jean-Paul II little before his death.

In 2005 one reveals the first stage of the Métro of Kazan, of which a stop, the Kremlin , beside the Kremlin.

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