Varvarka Street - Moscow - photos

In this topic, I offer you some of my photographs of Varvarka Street (улица Варварка).

Варвара is the Russian equivalent of the name Barbara.



October 19, 2017 - 12:32



This is a view from the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky (Большой Москворецкий мост; большой=big; "Москворецкий" is, as far as I understand, an adjective from nouns "Moskva River." that is, it means something located next to the river) Bridge.
This is Zaryadye Park (парк Зарядье; "Зарядье" means a place located behind [merchant] rows) on the left - www.zaryadyepark.ru...
and Moskvoretskaya (Москворецкая набережная) Embankment on the right.
Zaryadye Park was opened on September 9, 2017 - en.kremlin.ru...


This is Moskvoretskaya (Москворецкая улица) Street on the left.


This is a pedestrian crossing across Moskvoretskaya Street.


This is the Dome (Купол) pavilion in Zaryadye park.
It is the information center for tourists.








This is a Media Center.
As it says on their website "Soar over Moscow, take a trip through time and learn about interesting events in the city."

Varvarka Street (II)

Zaryadye park.
This is a house #7 on Red (Красная площадь) Square in the center.
It is St. Basil's (Собор Василия Блаженного) Cathedral - shm.ru...
It was built in 1561 (of course, since that time it has been repeatedly rebuilt and restored).


Previously, the Russia (Россия) Hotel was located on the site of Zaryadye Park.


This is Voshod or Voskhod (Восход; "Восход"=Sunrise) restaurant.
It is also the name of a series of Soviet spacecraft.

Varvarka Street (III)

Zaryadye park.




The Voshod restaurant.

Varvarka Street (IV)

Zaryadye park.






The Voshod restaurant.


Moskvoretskaya Embankment on the right.


This is a view from the roof of the Voshod restaurant.








In Russian, the name of the structure in front means the Soaring Bridge.
Google Map suggests calling it the Floating Bridge.
The map on the Zaryadye Park website calls it the River Overlook.

Varvarka Street (V)

Zaryadye park.
This is a Gastronomic Center on the right.






Zaryadye Underground Museum and Exit to the Moskva River.




The Floating Bridge.


The Voshod restaurant.


The Gastronomic Center.




The Floating Bridge and Moskvoretskaya Embankment under it.

Varvarka Street (VI)

This is a Concert Hall - zaryadyehall.com...
There is a garden on its roof. Above the garden is the Glass Crust.
The Concert Hall was opened on September 8, 2018 - en.kremlin.ru...


This is a house #3 on Moskvoretskaya Embankment.
It is the Church of the Conception of the Theotokos by Righteous Anna.
The first mention in the annals of this church dates back to 1493. What we can see now is the result of the 1958 restoration.




On the Floating Bridge.






Moskvoretskaya Embankment.

Varvarka Street (VII)

Moskva River.
A tall building is a house #1/15 on Kotelnicheskaya (Котельническая) Embankment. It was built in 1953.


This is Raushskaya (Раушская) Embankment.


This is the Moscow Kremlin on the right.






Moskvoretskaya Embankment.


The Voshod restaurant on the left
and the Gastronomic Center on the right.


The Concert Hall in the center.




The Floating Bridge.

Varvarka Street (VIII)

The Church of the Conception of the Theotokos by Righteous Anna.




The Floating Bridge.

Varvarka Street (IX)

The Church of the Conception of the Theotokos by Righteous Anna.






The Concert Hall.


This is a Small Amphitheater on the right.




This is Kitaygorodskiy (Китайгородский) Lane ahead.


This is a fragment of the Kitaygorod Wall, restored in 1973.
It is the second circle of defense of the center of Moscow after the wall of the Moscow Kremlin.
The entire territory between the wall of the Moscow Kremlin and the Kitaygorod Wall was called Kitay-gorod (Китай-город).
The first stone wall was built here in 1538.
"All the best! We are waiting for you to visit us again!"

Varvarka Street (X)

The Concert Hall on the left,
the Kitaygorod Wall in the center
and Kitaygorodskiy Lane on the right.
At that moment, the entire Zaryadye Park was so fenced off. This fence was later removed.






The Church of the Conception of the Theotokos by Righteous Anna.


The Small Amphitheater.






This is a Large Amphitheater.


The garden above the Concert Hall and under the Glass Crust.

Varvarka Street (XI)

The garden above the Concert Hall and under the Glass Crust.




The Large Amphitheater.






This is a stage.




A fence of the construction site says "Zaryadye Gardens - a multifunctional hotel complex with apartments"


This is a house #12 on Varvarka Street.
It is the Church of St. George the Victorious.
It was built in 1658 (The bell tower was built in 1818).

Varvarka Street (XII)

The Large Amphitheater on the left.


The Church of St. George the Victorious on the right.








There are a house #8-1 on Varvarka Street on the left
and a house #10 on Varvarka Street on the right (it is behind the trees).
The house #8-1 is Znamensky Cathedral (in the past, it was the main church of the Znamensky Monastery, which was called so in honor of the icon of the Mother of God The Sign [Знамение]). It was built in 1684 (what we see is the result of the 2016 restoration).
The house #10 is the Museum of the Chambers of the Romanov Boyars (that is, the Romanovs lived here before they became the ruling dynasty) - shm.ru...
It was built in XV-XVI centuries. The museum here was opened in 1859.




Below us are a Nature Center and an Ice Cave.

Varvarka Street (XIII)

The Church of St. George the Victorious in the center.


The Znamensky Cathedral.


This is a house #8 on Varvarka Street in the center.
It is a Bell Tower of the Znamensky Monastery. It was built in 1789.


Zaryadye park.




The Concert Hall.

Varvarka Street (XIV)

The Znamensky Cathedral in the center.




The Concert Hall in the center.


The Church of St. George the Victorious in the center.




The Bell Tower of the Znamensky Monastery on the left.

Varvarka Street (XV)

The Znamensky Cathedral on the left
and the Church of St. George the Victorious on the right.


This is a house #4 on Varvarka Street in the center.
It is the Church of Maximus the Blessed.
This building was renovated after a fire in 1737, but now it is the result of a 1969 restoration.


Zaryadye park.












The Concert Hall on the left.

Varvarka Street (XVI)

Zaryadye park.










The Church of Maximus the Blessed on the left
and the Bell Tower of the Znamensky Monastery on the right.


This is a house #4A on Varvarka Street on the right.
It is the Old English Court (Museum). It was the oldest official representative office of a foreign country in Moscow.
As far as I understand, this building was restored in the 1970s in the form it had in the 16th century on the basis of historical and archaeological research.


The Znamensky Cathedral in the center.

Varvarka Street (XVII)

The Old English Court in the center.


Zaryadye park.

Varvarka Street (XVIII)

This is a house #2 on Varvarka Street in the center.
It is the Church of the Great Martyr Barbara.
We see a version of the church that was made in 1804 (based on an older church).
Varvarka Street is named so because of the name of this church.

Varvarka Street (XIX)

The Old English Court.


Zaryadye park.

Varvarka Street (XX)

The Church of Maximus the Blessed on the left
and the Old English Court on the right.








The bell tower on the left was built in 1829 (later than the church).




"This is the architectural monument.
The Chambers of the Old English Court
XVI - early XVII centuries
It is protected by the state."






"This commemorative plaque was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 18 October 1994 on the occasion of her visit to the 'Old English Embassy', property of the English 'Muscovy Company' and residence of the first English emissaries during the reigns of Ivan IV and Elizabeth I"