(private) Moscow Kremlin Tour and Armoury Chamber

Itinerary
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Stop At: Moscow Kremlin (Moskovsky Kreml), Red Square, Moscow 103073 Russia

[tickets included] ★ As the center of the country’s political life, the Kremlin has survived countless wars, burned and literally rebuilt from its ashes. We will witness the lives of exceptional people and events that sometimes change the course of world history.

We will go to the territory of the Kremlin by Kutafia tower and will open before us the architectural complex of the Cathedral Square, whose image was still built in the 15th century: Cathedral of the Archangel, the Cathedral of the Annunciation, the Palace of the Facets, Terem Palace and its churches, Church of the Deposition of the Robe, the Dormition Cathedral, The Patriarch’s Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. We will also get acquainted with the legendary Tsar Bell, which weighs 200 tons and is the biggest bell in the world. Tsar Cannon, a monument to the art of Russian foundries and a masterpiece of heavy artillery, is listed in the Guinness Book of Records.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Cathedral of the Archangel (Arkhangelsky Sobor), Borovitskaya ulitsa Kremlin, Moscow Russia

[tickets included] ★ Visiting the Cathedral of the Archangel dedicated to the Archangel Michael, was the last resting place of the Grand Dukes of Moscow, the Russian tsars and their families. There are 54 burials in the temple, most of them are covered with marble slabs from the floor. The tombstones above them are decorated with carved ornaments.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Dormition Cathedral, Moscow, Russia, 103073

[tickets included] ★ Visit of the Dormition Cathedral built with the use of revolutionary building technologies. Thanks to them, the gigantic interior space looks light, the domes seem to float in the air. The beautiful painting covers the walls, pillars and ceiling, the iconostasis amazes by its size and beauty. Under these vaults, the Russian tsars were crowned and raised to the rank of patriarchs.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Armoury Chamber, Dvortsovaya St., 1R, Moscow 103073 Russia

[tickets included] ★ The wonderful world of the true luxury, good taste and extraordinary skill of the creators of 4000 masterpieces of jewelery, gold embroidery and weapons art from Russia and abroad opens to visitors. All once filled the royal treasury and the patriarchal sacristy.

★ IN NINE ROOMS OF THE COAT OF ARMS ROOM:
• Jewels of the Byzantine samples of the fourth century are exposed to the masterpieces of Russian silversmiths of the twelfth and fifteenth centuries of Suzdal, Ryazan, Kiev and Novgorod.
• The products Faberge, Semenov, Khlebnikov, Kurlyukov, Ovchinnikov astonish by the complexity and variety of technologies used.
• Beautiful collection of domestic weapons and firearms, armor, orders and medals. A famous and delicious Olympic service, a gift from Napoleon to Alexander I after the conclusion of Tilsit peace.
• The rarest examples of church clothes of Russian patriarchs and royal coronation robes.
• The ancient costumes of Russian autocrats, the hat of Monomakh and the crown of Anna Ivanovna, dotted with precious stones.
• The collection of horse furniture is unusual: details of harnesses, saddles, tassel brocade covers and embroidery made by Russian, Iranian, Turkish and European masters decorated the ceremonial escort during solemn departures.
• The logical continuation of the exhibition is the collection of cars in the last room.

Duration: 2 hours