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Alexander Kremlin description and photos - Russia - Golden Ring: Alexandrov. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The unique palace and temple complex of the Alexander Kremlin is the second largest after the Moscow Kremlin. Its main building is the Trinity Cathedral. It was erected at the royal court in 1513. The cathedral combines early Moscow architecture of the late 14th - early 15th centuries and the ornaments of Italian architects of the 15th-16th centuries. The cathedral is decorated with white stone carvings and 16th century frescoes. To this day, at the Trinity Cathedral there are large copper gates of the 14th century, which were taken out by Ivan the Terrible from Novgorod and Tver.

The Assumption Church of the 16th century amazes with its beauty. Under the church, extensive cellars are well preserved, where the depositories of Vasily III and Ivan the Terrible were located. Next to the Assumption Church there is a tent-roofed Intercession Church. The exact date of the foundation of the church is not known, It is believed that it was erected in the middle of the 16th century and was the home church of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. On the edges of her tent, a unique, unparalleled fresco painting has been preserved, which was commissioned by the king. This is the only known 16th century tent painted in Russia. It depicts Russian princes and martyrs along with the Old Testament kings and righteous.

In the complex of buildings in the Kremlin stands out the high Crucifixion church-bell tower of the 16th century, which dominates all structures. Adjacent to the bell tower are small living quarters in which the Russian Empress Elizaveta Petrovna spent several years in exile.

Inside the Kremlin there are expositions and exhibitions of the Aleksandrovskaya Sloboda State Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve.

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