{"id":3598,"date":"2016-01-17T14:03:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-17T21:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/?p=3598"},"modified":"2019-11-21T22:11:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T05:11:32","slug":"must-see-moscow-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/must-see-moscow-buildings","title":{"rendered":"The Tallest and Oldest Buildings in Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow is rich in both history and culture. The architecture of Moscow is just as intriguing. Over 100 high-rise Moscow buildings with the height of 100 to 374 meters. Over 10 oldest buildings\u00a0dating back to\u00a01420-s (the oldest). Finally, hundreds of unique and\u00a0famous buildings Moscow can be proud of, which are majestic monuments and architectural gems of different times and styles.<\/p>\n<p>Here is just a fraction of what we can show you\u00a0on our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\/top-20-must-see-in-moscow\">Moscow Must See Tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_53635\"  width=\"1070\" height=\"602\"  data-origwidth=\"1070\" data-origheight=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L_FYeSot5mk?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Top 3 Oldest buildings in Moscow Russia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andronikov Monastery of the Saviour<\/strong> is\u00a0the oldest building in Moscow. According to the chronicles, the first wooden church was erected along with other buildings of the monastery in 1357, but a fire in 1368 burned it down. In its place was built a new stone cathedral, which after sixty years, between 1420 and 1425 years, was\u00a0rebuilt and reached our days almost untouched. The painting of the church was done\u00a0by Russian icon legends Andrei Rublev and Daniil Cherny (Black).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin<\/strong> was built in 1326-1327 and was the first stone church in Moscow\u00a0at that time. But one hundred years later the\u00a0state of the church\u00a0no longer corresponded to the status of the main temple of Russia. The construction of the new cathedral began on April 30, 1471 and was commissioned to Russian architects Krivtsov and Myshkin. A\u00a0tragedy prevented them from finishing the work: the earthquake on May\u00a020,\u00a01474 putting destroyed the\u00a0walls of the temple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ivan III (Ivan the Great) invited an\u00a0Italian architect Aristotle Fioravanti\u00a0who\u00a0started the\u00a0construction from scratch. The new cathedral was consecrated on August 12, 1479. It is associated with many of the key events in the history of Russia. For example, in 1547 tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible, a grandson of Ivan the Great) was crowned here, and since Peter II the Assumption Cathedral was the place for the coronation of each new Russian emperor, despite the fact that the capital was moved to St. Petersburg (from 1712\u00a0till October Revolution in 1918).<\/p>\n<p>At the height of\u00a055 meters, the Assumption Cathedral was the tallest building in Old Moscow from 1479 to 1508.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3611\" style=\"width: 871px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3611\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3611\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Famous-Moscow-buildings.jpeg\" alt=\"Moscow buildings\" width=\"861\" height=\"646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Famous-Moscow-buildings.jpeg 861w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Famous-Moscow-buildings-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Famous-Moscow-buildings-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Famous-Moscow-buildings-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Famous Moscow buildings<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Palace of Facets<\/strong> &#8211; the oldest of the preserved famous\u00a0buildings in Moscow that were used for governmental purposes. The Palace of Facets was built in 1487-1491, designed by Marco Ruffo and Pietro Antonio Solari. It\u00a0was the place for meetings of the Boyar Duma and Zemsky Sobor, governmental powers of Old Russia at that time. Surprisingly, the children of the Tsar\u00a0could watch magnificent receptions of\u00a0foreign delegations through a special grille\u00a0in their secret room called &#8220;Smotrilnaya Chamber&#8221;. Today the Palace of Facets is a part of\u00a0the residence of the Russian president.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3615\" style=\"width: 951px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3615\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3615\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-oldest-buildings.jpeg\" alt=\"Moscow churches\" width=\"941\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-oldest-buildings.jpeg 941w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-oldest-buildings-150x90.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-oldest-buildings-300x181.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-oldest-buildings-600x362.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow oldest buildings<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Top 3 tallest\u00a0Moscow buildings<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Federation Tower<\/strong> is <strong>the tallest\u00a0skyscraper in Europe<\/strong> consisting of two towers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The East Tower is the 95-story structure with the height of\u00a0373.7 m, completed in 2015.<br \/>\nThe West Tower is a 62-storey structure \u00a0242.4 meters high.<br \/>\nThe total area of \u200b\u200bthe Federation Tower is\u00a0442 915.2 sq.m.<br \/>\nThe Federation Tower complex has 67 elevators.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OKO Towers<\/strong>\u00a0is a complex of buildings in Moscow City divided into 2 sections. North Tower is the first tower, which has 49 floors and a height of 245 meters. South Tower is the second tower\u00a0with\u00a085 floors and the height of 354 meters. The\u00a0construction ended in 2015. OKO South Tower is second tallest skyscraper in Europe and Russia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mercury City Tower<\/strong> is the third\u00a0tallest skyscraper in Russia and Europe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With the\u00a0height of 338.8 meters, the Mercury City Tower was\u00a0the tallest skyscraper in Europe until 25 September 2014. The tower &#8220;Mercury City&#8221;, built on the territory of the Moscow international business center, surpassed the height of London skyscraper \u00abThe Shard\u00bb (306 m), which held the status of the tallest building in Europe for\u00a04 months. The\u00a0Mercury City got\u00a0nearly 33 m higher than\u00a0its London rival.<\/p>\n<p>Built 75 floors above the ground and with 5 underground floors, the total\u00a0area of the skyscraper is 180,000 sq.m, of which 86 000 m\u00b2 is A+\u00a0office space and\u00a020 000 m\u00b2 &#8211; residential luxury apartments.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3612\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3612\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3612\" src=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-1024x639.jpeg\" alt=\"Moscow in autumn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-1024x639.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-150x94.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-300x187.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-600x374.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture-1290x805.jpeg 1290w, https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-architecture.jpeg 1316w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3612\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Moscow architecture<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The list wouldn&#8217;t be complete without most original and unique architecture of the capital of Russia!<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has it all: the cosmopolitan dynamism of New York, the charm of Paris and the history of Rome. Not surprisingly Moscow has a nickname &#8220;The Third Rome&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/guides\">Moscow guide<\/a> Anna has more to show you! Join us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/moscow\/tours\">Moscow tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Top 8 most original and unusual buildings of Moscow<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/friendlylocalguides.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Moscow-Buildings.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Moscow-Buildings<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow is rich in both history and culture. The architecture of Moscow is just as intriguing. Over 100 high-rise Moscow buildings with the height of 100 to 374 meters. 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