The Kazan Kremlin (tat. Cauldron kirmse, Qazan kirmäne) — the oldest part of Kazan, the complex of architectural, historical and archaeological sites that reveal the long history of the city: the archaeological remains of the first (XII—XIII centuries), second (XIV—XV CC) and third settlements (XV—XVI centuries); the white-stone Kremlin, a number of temples and buildings with great historical and cultural value, the official residence of the President of Tatarstan. The Kremlin is in terms of irregular polygon in the shape of the Kremlin hill, which juts out from the Northwest, from the Kazanka river, in the South-East, the Square on 1 may. Located on a promontory high terraces of the left Bank of the Volga river and the left Bank of the Kazanka river. Is a world heritage site by UNESCO since 2000.
Kazan Kremlin
