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Alexander Garden Review
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Alexander Garden
Aleksandrovsky Sad,
Gardens / Arboretums,
Kremlin/Red Square
Fodor's Review:
Laid out in the 19th century by the Russian architect Osip Bove, this garden named after Alexander I stretches along the northwest wall of the Kremlin, where the Neglinnaya River once flowed. The river now runs beneath the garden, through an underground pipe. Bove added the classical columns topped with an arc of chipped bricks; in the 19th century such "romantic" imitation ruins were popular in gardens. Today this mock ruin is blocked by a gate, but in eras past it was a famous place for winter sledding. A few pleasant outdoor cafés open in the garden in summer provide a nice place to rest after a tour of the Kremlin.
INFO
- Address: Manezhnaya ul., Kremlin/Red Square, Moscow
- Phone: No phone
- Cost: 300R Kremlin ticket
- Open: Fri.-Wed. 10-5
- Metro: Aleksandrovsky Sad
- Finnsov Tours 6 day train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg and then to Moscow and back to Helsinki
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