Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Kazan, Russia

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Number of sights 9 sights
Distance 3.3 km
Ascend 47 m
Descend 48 m

Experience Kazan in Russia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Kazan

Sight 1: Кафедральный собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы

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The Cathedral of the Apparition of the Kazan Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos is an Old Believer Orthodox church in Kazan, the Cathedral of the Kazan-Vyatka Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church (ROORC). One of the two churches of the Russian Orthodox Church in the city.

Wikipedia: Покровский кафедральный собор (Казань) (RU)

363 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Храм Воздвижения Святого Креста

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The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, under the Diocese of Saratov.

Wikipedia: Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Kazan (EN)

1147 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: Татарская усадьба

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The Sabitov Estate is a complex of historical buildings in Kazan, in the Old Tatar Sloboda, on Shigabutdin Marjani Street, 8. It was built in the second half of the XIX century. An object of cultural heritage of local importance.

Wikipedia: Усадьба Сабитовых (RU)

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Islamic College Kazan

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Märcaniä was a madrasa in Kazan attached to the Märcani Mosque.

Wikipedia: Märcaniä (EN)

183 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Märcani Mosque

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The Märcani Mosque, also spelled al-Marjani, Mardjani and Mardzhani is a mosque in Kazan, Russia, built in 1766-1770 by Catherine the Great's authority and on the city's population's donations.

Wikipedia: Märcani Mosque (EN)

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Kazan College of Technology and Design

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Kazan Teachers' Seminary is a historical educational institution and a complex of historical buildings in Kazan, in the Old Tatar Sloboda. It operated in 1872-1918 and was built in the second half of the XIX century. Located on Shigabutdin Marjani Street, houses 24, 26. An object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

Wikipedia: Казанская учительская семинария (RU), Website

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Юнусовская площадь

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Yunusovskaya Square is an ancient square in the historical center of Kazan, in the center of the Old Tatar Sloboda, Vakhitovsky district of the city.

Wikipedia: Юнусовская площадь (RU)

272 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Zangar mosque

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Zangar mosque

The Blue Mosque is a mosque in Kazan, in the Old Tatar Sloboda, a monument of Tatar temple architecture. It was named after the color of the walls. It was built in 1815-19 in the style of classicism at the expense of the Kazan merchant Akhmet Aitov-Zamanov. The architect is unknown. A two-storey two-hall mosque-jami with a three-tiered minaret on the roof.

Wikipedia: Голубая мечеть (Казань) (RU)

527 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Galeev mosque

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The Galeyevskaya Mosque is a mosque in Kazan, a monument of Tatar religious architecture. It was built in 1798-1801 at the expense of the merchant Musa Mamyashev in the forms of early classicism of the late XVIII century. It is located on Gabdulla Tukay Street, in the northern part of the Staro-Tatarskaya Sloboda, not far from the former Hay Bazaar. A two-storey two-hall mosque-jami with an octagonal three-tiered minaret in the center of the roof.

Wikipedia: Галеевская мечеть (RU)

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