Russia. Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin

Date of Inscription: 2000
Criteria: (ii)(iii)(iv)
City of Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan
N55 47 28 E49 05 42
Ref: 980  

Built on an ancient site, the Kazan Kremlin dates from the Muslim period of the Golden Horde and the Kazan Khanate. It was conquered by Ivan the Terrible in 1552 and became the Christian See of the Volga Land. The only surviving Tatar fortress in Russia and an important place of pilgrimage, the Kazan Kremlin consists of an outstanding group of historic buildings dating from the 16th to 19th centuries, integrating remains of earlier structures of the 10th to 16th centuries.

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