7 чудес Татарстана

7 Wonders of Tatarstan

The first wonder

Kul-Sharif mosque

Kul Sharif Mosque was built in 2005 in memory of the old 8-minaret mosque that existed in the Kremlin until 1552. The mosque complex includes the building of the mosque, a museum, a library, a publishing center and management of the Imam.

Of particular importance in the area of the mosque attached to the hall of the Museum of Islamic Culture in Tatarstan.

The basis of his imaginative solutions based on the idea of continuity of Islamic

traditions in the

culture of the

Tatar people.

The second wonder

Tower Syuyumbike

This tower is a monument Kazan Kremlin . Its height is 58 meters, it consists of seven tiers. Tower was built in the XVII century. Its name legends associated with the name of Queen Syuyumbike Kazan. A recognized architectural symbol of Kazan - Suyumbike tower is well known far beyond the borders of Tatarstan, and in fact is recognized by all the world as the symbol of the Tatars of their homeland.

The thirdly wonder

The Devil’s settlement

Yelabuga (Devil) fort - the remains of a fortified settlement on the banks of the Kama River, near the city of Elabuga, her height is 7 feet 1. In 1834, Professor. I. Erdman on "Devil's ancient settlement" has found only the tower, the remaining parts of the building were demolished by local residents to foundations. In 1844 the tower collapsed, then collapsed tower was rebuilt on the old foundation and covered with iron.

The fourth wonder

Bilyar

Bilyar great ancient city located in the valley of the Little Cheremshan.

Bilyar in the 9th century was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of Volga Bulgar, he passed through the main trade route from Europe to Central Asia. In 1236 Batu Khan unleashed the power of his army to the city. Local people were killed, and the city is completely looted and burned to the ground. In the vicinity of the ancient ruins Bilyar is quite an amazing place - the tract called "Holy Spring". Today Bilyar - a unique monument of architecture, interest in which is not cool so far.

The fifth wonder

Island Svijazhsk

Svijazhsk - Zelenodol'sk village in the district of the Republic of Tatarstan. It was founded in 1551 as an outpost of the troops of Ivan IV the Terrible. In memory of the victory in Sviyazhsk Pskov architects were built: the church in the name of cvyatitelya and Nicholas Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. In the Assumption Cathedral Sviyazhska XVI century frescoes, which is rare images of King John IV and Metropolitan Macarius

of Moscow. On the island of

preserved pre-Revolutionary

names of the streets.

Island-Svijazhsk - an oasis

of nature Volga region, there

is no transport, industry and

modern buildings.

The sixth wonder

Bulgar

On the banks of the Volga is one

of the great monuments of our

cultural heritage - Bulgarian

settlement. Bulgarians built up

and flourished. In the 60 years

of the XIV century, the city became

one of the largest cities in Europe,

where more than 50,000 people.

Modern Bulgaria - a vast mound,

surrounded by a rampart and

ditch length of more than five

miles away, where architectural

monuments XIII - XIV centuries, such as the Great Mosque, East and North mausoleums, Khan's Tomb, Small Minaret, the Black Chamber of Commerce, the White House, archaeological sites.

The seventh wonder

The building of the State Bank

New York

Kazan

• The building of the State Bank is very similar to the building of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is located on the main street of the city, Bauman Street. The building in neoclassical style with elements of baroque and modernaYu remodeled in 1996, the building serves as a decoration of the operating room with a glass canopy roof. in 1917-1918. stored in the building part of the gold reserves of Russia.