Russia, Moscow, Red square, 1
The Moscow Kremlin is located in the very center of Moscow, on the high Bank of the Moskva river. Its powerful walls and towers, Golden-domed temples, ancient towers and palaces rise above the Moscow river and form a beautiful architectural ensemble. The Kremlin is the most ancient part of Moscow, currently the residence of the highest state authorities in Russia and one of the country`s main historical and artistic complexes.The first settlements on the territory of the Moscow Kremlin date back to the bronze age II Millennium BC. A Finno-Ugric settlement Dating back to the early iron age the second half of the first Millennium BC was found near the modern Archangel Cathedral. At this time, the settlement of the dyakovsky type occupied the center of the upper terrace of the Borovitsky hill the area of the modern Cathedral square and may have already had fortifications. From the northeast, the village was protected by two ravines: one, North of the present Trinity gate, faced the Neglinnaya river, the other lay between the Petrovskaya and the Second Unnamed towers of the modern Kremlin
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