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Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses

From Kremlin Square through Bishop's Court and Leningradskaya Street to Cathedral Hill

4 hr2,6 km
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  1. Cathedral Hill and the Monument to the 800th Anniversary of Vologda: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will find out where the city’s official founding date came from and what written and archaeological evidence argues against it.

  2. Kremlin Square: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here, the difference will become clear between the tsar's fortress that gave the square its name and the surviving walls of the bishop's residence.

  3. Pyatnitskaya Tower: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here, the construction of the Bishop's Court Walls will emerge as a way of paying workers with bread during years of famine.

  4. Shalamov House: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will hear what it cost the family to send their seventeen-year-old son away to study despite an official's refusal.

  5. Sophia Cathedral: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will learn how, after the devastation, they restored not the church’s outward appearance but the ability to hold services there again.

  6. Sophia Cathedral Bell Tower: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will hear how museum staff saved an entire set of old bells.

  7. Vologda Lace Museum: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will see how much handwork was needed to display large, fragile pieces safely.

  8. Zasetsky House: story on the “Vologda Kremlin Quarter and Old Houses” route

    Here you will learn which parts of the old house could be preserved and why the well-known surname misleads visitors.

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