The Theater Square in Moscow was built inearly twenties of the XIX century. It is located in the heart of the city, to the northeast of another historic landmark - the Revolution Square. What is here? On the Theater Square in Moscow are the Big and Small Theaters. This place can be called a cultural center of the capital, and indeed the whole country.
In the fifteenth century, near TeatralnayaSquare in Moscow are located shopping arcade. Approximately at this time, China Town was built. In the sixteenth century, the bastions of the famous wall were significantly expanded - the inhabitants of the city feared the invasion of the enemy. Fires in Moscow occurred regularly. One of them, which happened in 1736, destroyed everything in the district.
For the first time, the construction of the square was started in 1775year. It was decided to equip the district. Or rather, to arrange several squares in the vicinity of the Kremlin and China Town. As it often happens, construction was not started immediately, but many years later.
In 1812 in the capital there was another fire,the reasons for which are known even to schoolchildren due to the incorruptible work of Lermontov. The capital was not given to the Frenchman, however, for patriotism and fortitude, architectural architectural monuments had to be paid for. Later, a special commission was convened to restore the city. Osip Bove worked on the project. The layout of the square under the guidance of an experienced and well-known architect by that time began in 1816.
Once there was a swimming poolMytishchi water pipeline. Later, on the project of IP Vitali, a fountain was built in its place. At the Theater Square, it was perhaps the main attraction, not counting, of course, the world-famous theaters. In the beginning of the XIX century fountains were more often called "water cannons". In Moscow there were few of them then. And more precisely, the fountain on the Theater Square in Moscow was the first public one. He depicts four cupids, symbolizing such trends in theatrical and literary art, as music, poetry, comedy and tragedy.
In Soviet times, almost all the streets in Moscow andother cities were renamed. This fate and the Theater Square did not pass. More than 70 years it was called Sverdlov Square. Not only the name has changed, but the very appearance of these places. So, some time on the square towered a monument to political figure Yakov Sverdlov, which has nothing to do with the theater or the history of Moscow. In 1991, the monument was removed.
The Big and Small Theaters, the Metropol Hotel,TSUM - all these publications play an important role in the appearance of the modern Theater Square in Moscow. How to get here? Of course, by metro. In this case, you can take advantage not only of the Zamoskvoretskaya line, on which the Teatralnaya station is located. You can also leave the Okhotny Ryad or the Revolution Square. Sokolnicheskaya, Zamoskvoretskaya and Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lines intersect exactly in the place where Teatralnaya Square is located.
The Bolshoi Theater was opened in March 1776.During his existence he saw many things, he keeps interesting secrets and secrets. Many legends for more than two centuries gave birth to the square and the theater located on it.
Five centuries ago there was an impenetrable swamp here.According to one of the legends, an unfortunate doctor, who used to be a Muscovite, did not treat him as if he were sending to the next world. For which he paid.
About fires as the main problem not onlywooden, but already stone Moscow, said above. The Bolshoi Theater was built after one of them, one might say, on the ashes. He was called Petrovsky. It stood only a quarter of a century, then burned. The most terrible fire in the history of the Theater Square occurred in 1805, the day when the premiere of the opera Rusalka took place on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater. Reorganized and restored the main cultural symbol of the country many times.
