Kitay-gorod (historic district)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kitay-gorod_(historic_district)

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historic_district
gptkbp:adjacentTo	gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:Red_Square
gptkbp:area	about 68 hectares
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:GUM_department_store gptkb:St._Basil's_Cathedral gptkb:Gostiny_Dvor gptkb:Church_of_All_Saints gptkb:Nikolskaya_Street gptkb:Epiphany_Monastery gptkb:Ilyinka_Street gptkb:Zaryadye gptkb:Chambers_of_the_Romanov_Boyars gptkb:Varvarka_Street gptkb:Old_English_Court gptkb:Church_of_St._Maxim_the_Blessed gptkb:Znamensky_Monastery Church of St. George on Pskov Hill Polytechnical Museum St. Nicholas Church on Ilyinka
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Russia
gptkbp:demolished	Kitay-gorod wall (partially)
gptkbp:district	gptkb:Tverskoy_District gptkb:Arbat_District gptkb:Basmanny_District gptkb:Tagansky_District gptkb:Zamoskvorechye_District
gptkbp:established	16th century
gptkbp:etymology	uncertain; possibly from Tatar or Chinese origin
gptkbp:governingBody	gptkb:Central_Administrative_Okrug
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	center of trade and administration in medieval Moscow
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kitay-gorod (historic district)
gptkbp:knownFor	medieval architecture historic walls
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Moscow
gptkbp:metroStation	gptkb:Kitay-gorod_(Moscow_Metro)
gptkbp:notableEvent	site of 1917 October Revolution events site of 1812 Moscow fire
gptkbp:postalCode	101000
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus	part of Moscow Kremlin and Red Square World Heritage Site
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kitay-gorod_metro_station gptkb:Kitay-gorod_(Moscow_Metro)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7