--- title: "Moscow: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours" canonical: "https://openvibe.tours/routes/rte_D1NVZTG8RVESESP8J823W5VDD9" updated: null --- # Moscow: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours HTML: [Moscow: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours](https://openvibe.tours/routes/rte_D1NVZTG8RVESESP8J823W5VDD9) Self-guided route · generated from Wikivoyage # Moscow: a self-guided walk Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Moscow: 7 stops, about 0.2 km and 38 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go. 7 stops · 237 m · about 38 min on foot · [Wikivoyage source](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · fetched 2026-11-07 02:06:49 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go. 7 stops on the map. [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), ODbL 1.0 1. ## Cathedral of the Archangel Built in 1333, until the relocation of the capital to St. Petersburg, it was the main necropolis of the Tsars of Russia. There are 54 burials in the cathedral, with 46 ornamented whitestone tombstones (1636–1637) and glazed cases made of bronze (1903). Its five domes representing Jesus Christ and the Four Evangelists. The Italian Renaissance exterior ornamentation made of white limestone. 55.75028, 37.61778 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.750278&mlon=37.617778#map=17/55.750278/37.617778) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 2. ## Cathedral of the Annunciation This was a private chapel for the Muscovite tsars. The building has nine golden domes and a roof decorated with rich 'Russian headdress' ornamentation in an arched Gothic vault form. The Cathedral made in brick, with façades of white limestone. The entrances influenced by Italian Renaissance architecture. The bronze doors are decorated with gold foil. The interior of the cathedral consists of the central prayer area and several surrounding galleries, with the additions of side altars in the 16th century. The first gallery contains a famous Image of Edessa icon. The gallery is separated by a do 55.75000, 37.61694 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.75&mlon=37.616944#map=17/55.75/37.616944) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TVZDAFV5JNN9BFKQ0V6F93DYZA) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 3. ## Faceted Chamber It is an official ceremonial hall in the residence of the President of the Russian Federation. Named after its distinctive stonework eastern façade with horizontal rows of sharp-edged stones, the Palace of Facets is all that is left of a larger royal palace made of white limestone. Although from the façade, it appears to be a three-story rectangular building from the outside, it is actually a one-story building with a semi-basement. 55.75062, 37.61690 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.75062&mlon=37.6169#map=17/55.75062/37.6169) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 4. ## Church of the Deposition of the Robe in the Kremlin 1486, Russian Orthodox. 55.75083, 37.61667 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.750833&mlon=37.616667#map=17/55.750833/37.616667) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 5. ## Tsarina's Golden Chamber It was the official reception room of the Russian tsarinas. The walls of the chamber are decorated with paintings on a golden background. Now part of President’s residence. 55.75072, 37.61638 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.75072&mlon=37.61638#map=17/55.75072/37.61638) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 6. ## Church of the Deposition of the Robe Built in the traditional Early Russian style, in 1451. It has a four-level iconostasis, created by Nazary Istomin Savin in 1627. The church was built as the private chapel of the Patriarch of Moscow. Today, in the gallery of the church you can see a rare exhibition of Russian wooden sculpture of 15th-19th centuries. 55.75056, 37.61639 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.750556&mlon=37.616389#map=17/55.750556/37.616389) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. 7. ## Terem Palace Its name is derived from the Greek word τερεμνον (i.e., "dwelling"). On the 16th century founded, completely rebuilt in 1635. The five stories building surrounded by numerous annexes and outbuildings, including the Boyar Platform, Golden Staircase, Golden Porch, and several turrets. 55.75061, 37.61577 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=55.75061&mlon=37.61577#map=17/55.75061/37.61577) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Moscow) · [place page](/place/plc_TZP8ZB3BR7BEFJP9GGWR7K82HV) Audio: not available — OpenVibe.AI has no speech-synthesis API today. ## Use this route [Sign in](/auth/login?next=%2Froutes%2Frte_D1NVZTG8RVESESP8J823W5VDD9) to add this route to a trip. Notes and the ordering come from Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0; coordinates and map data from OpenStreetMap, ODbL. The route drawing is generated, not a guide's promise.