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      🏛 Simonov Monastery: towers and wall

      Восточная ул., 4

      What remains of one of Moscow's main fortress-monasteries: the south wall with the Dulo, Kuznechnaya and Solevaya towers. The rest was blown up in 1930 to make way for the ZIL Palace of Culture.

      Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
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      Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
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      Simonov Monastery: towers and wall
      © Aniacra · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The monastery was founded around 1370 by Fyodor, nephew and disciple of Sergius of Radonezh.
      • On 21 January 1930 most of the monastery, including its cathedrals, was blown up — the Vesnin brothers' ZIL Palace of Culture was built on the site.
      • The south wall with its towers — the corner Dulo, Kuznechnaya and Solevaya — and several buildings survived.
      • Karamzin placed the heroine of Poor Liza near the monastery; the pond under its walls was later called Liza's Pond.

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      • The new embankments: from Novospassky to Simonov
      • Simonovskaya Embankment and the Dulo Tower

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