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Grecia un paese meraviglioso . Un tour tra i colori di questo paese meraviglioso: se non bastassero i luoghi che raccontano tanta storia, abbandoniamoci alla vista del blu e azzurro di cielo e mare, al bianco della calce, all’oro delle spiagge, al marrone della terra arsa, al verde intenso della macchia mediterranea. E ancora gustiamo i profumi che questa terra ci offre, non ultimi quelli che vengono dalla cucina. 

Olympia . Olimpia è passata alla storia per aver dato vita alle famose Olimpiadi dedicate al Dio Zeus. Le Olimpiadi nell’antica Grecia avevano la capacità di unire tutti i greci e di far cessare le guerre. La cittadina sorgeva lungo la valle del fiume Alfeo, nella parte nord-occidentale del Peloponneso. Non era una vera e propria città, ma un luogo di culto, costellato di templi, teatri, monumenti celebrativi e statue, e ovviamente vi erano lo stadio e le palestre per lo svolgimento dei giochi olimpici, a cui si aggiungevano gli edifici che servivano da alloggio per gli atleti nel periodo delle competizioni sportive. Olimpia oggi è un affascinante parco archeologico inserito dal 1989 nella lista dei beni Patrimonio dell’Umanità tutelati dall’UNESCO. Olimpia era divisa in tre zone: la parte più alta circondata da un recinto sacro, l’Altis, la zona orientale con lo stadio e l’ippodromo, mentre a sud si trovavano la palestra e il ginnasio, dove gli atleti si allenavano a partire da un mese prima delle gare. Nelle vicinanze di quella che doveva essere una delle strade principali di Olimpia sono stati ritrovati 12 “thesauroi”, i templi votivi al cui interno venivano custoditi i tesori delle città che partecipavano ai giochi. I primi scavi a Olimpia vennero effettuati da un gruppo di archeologi francesi nel 1829 e proseguirono per lungo tempo considerando soprattutto la grande quantità di reperti e testimonianze che venivano alla luce. 

I Monumenti paleocristiani e bizantini di Salonicco Ininterrottamente abitata sin dall’età ellenistica, capoluogo di provincia e città portuale fiorente in epoca romana, Salonicco fu la sede di una delle prime comunità cristiane in Europa e divenne, in età bizantina, una metropoli artistica e culturale di massimo rilievo, seconda per importanza solo alla capitale dell’impero, Costantinopoli. Esempi eccezionali e testimoni di quel periodo millenario in cui la città svolse un ruolo cruciale nello sviluppo dell’arte e dell’architettura, i monumenti paleocristiani e bizantini di Salonicco, che sparsi nel tessuto urbano moderno fanno della città un museo all’aperto, figurano dal 1988 nell’elenco del Patrimonio Mondiale dell’Umanità dell’UNESCO. 

Questi monumenti, costituiscono infatti alcuni dei più importanti e ben conservati esempi dell’arte e dell’architettura paleocristiana e bizantina. Costruiti durante un lungo arco di tempo, che va dal IV al XV secolo, e nascosti dietro ogni angolo del centro della città, questi 15 monumenti ci offrono uno spaccato delle principali tendenze e stili architettonici sviluppati e consolidatisi in ciascuna epoca e conservano al loro interno alcuni dei grandi capolavori della pittura monumentale e dell’arte musiva di età paleocristiana e bizantina. Si tratta quindi di una serie di quindici edifici pubblici destinati a svolgere in passato varie funzioni, perlopiù religiose, ma anche laiche (i bagni bizantini) e militari (le mura cittadine). Di particolare rilievo, i tredici monumenti di culto, tra i più significativi del periodo bizantino, attraverso cui si evidenzia l’evoluzione dell’architettura ecclesiastica bizantina e la sua varietà stilistica che partendo dalla tipologia di basilica paleocristiana, e da quella con pianta basilicale a tre navate passò alla tipologia della basilica a cupola del periodo proto-bizantino, per poi arrivare alle chiese a croce iscritta del periodo medio-bizantino e fino a giungere a quelle a croce iscritta con peristilio del periodo tardo-bizantino. In queste chiese sono inoltre presenti complessi di pittura murale, mosaici e affreschi, rappresentativi di alcune delle principali tendenze artistiche, che si sono sviluppate nell’ambito della pittura monumentale bizantina, dalle sue origini (la Rotonda, San Demetrio, Ossios David), attraverso il periodo successivo all'iconoclastia (Santa Sofia) e quello detto “comneno” (affreschi della Chiesa Ossios David, Monastero Latomou) fino a culminare nei secoli seguenti in quella che viene convenzionalmente chiamata la “Rinascenza paleologa” (periodo tardo-bizantino). Tra i più emblematici monumenti della città, la famosa Rotonda, un edificio a forma circolare (“pericentrico”) che fu costruito ai tempi di Galerio (intorno al 306), originariamente come tempio dedicato a Giove o ai Cabiri o, secondo altri, come mausoleo dello stesso Galerio (di cui anche il nome di Tomba di Galerio, con cui il monumento è noto in ambito italiano) e successivamente trasformato in chiesa (oggi consacrata a San Giorgio). Come dimostrato dagli scavi, la Rotonda si trovava all’epoca della sua costruzione al termine della via trionfale che collegava l’arco di Galerio con il palazzo imperiale. Ampliata e ristrutturata in epoche successive, essa conserva al suo interno alcuni dei più splendidi mosaici dell’arte paleocristiana. Nel centro della città si trova anche la Chiesa di "Panaghia Achiropoiitos”, una basilica a tre navate con nartece e matroneo risalente al V secolo. La chiesa si segnala soprattutto per la sua decorazione architettonica composta da una serie di colonne di elegante fattura che sono databili al V sec. e ascrivibili a botteghe costantinopolitane. Più in là, si trova anche la basilica di Aghios Dimitrios, la cui attuale forma risale al VII sec. Si tratta della chiesa del santo patrono della città, una basilica a cinque navate con transetto e cripta sotterranea, che presenta un’eccezionale decorazione marmorea e musiva. Bellissimi mosaici di pregiata fattura, però, si possono ammirare anche nel Monastero paleocristiano di Latomou (VI sec.) e nella sua Chiesetta di Ossios David. Inoltre, a questo primo periodo risale anche la cinta muraria di Salonicco, che fu costruita alla fine del IV secolo sotto il governo dell'imperatore Teodosio, e di cui rimangono ancora estesi tratti. Ad un periodo successivo appartengono invece le Chiese di Aghia Sofia e Panaghia Chalkeon. Un caso esemplare della tipologia di passaggio dell’architettura ecclesiastica bizantina in cui la pianta a croce greca si combina con la cupola, la Chiesa di Aghia Sofia (VIII sec.) presenta una decorazione musiva appartenente a tre fasi diverse dell’arte bizantina. Il maestoso mosaico della cupola che ha come soggetto l’Ascensione di Gesù al cielo (fine del IX sec.) rappresenta una delle più importanti creazioni del periodo della cosiddetta “Rinascenza macedone”. Comunemente chiamata la “Chiesa Rossa”, la flessuosa Panaghia Chalkeon (ossia “Madonna dei Ramai”), con evidenti influenze costantinopolitane, risale al XI sec. e, costruita con la tecnica del mattone nascosto, appartiene alla tipologia di chiesa a croce iscritta. I bagni bizantini, la cui costruzione si fa risalire al XIII secolo, sono situati ai piedi della Città Alta di Salonicco (Ano Poli) e costituiscono l’unico esempio di architettura secolare bizantina nella città che ci sia pervenuto. Infine le sette chiese restanti, quelle di Aghios Panteleimonas, Aghii Apostoli, Aghia Ekaterini, della Trasfigurazione del Salvatore, il catholicon (chiesa principale) del Monastero Vlatadon, la Chiesa del Profeta Ilia e quella ad aula unica di Aghios Nikolaos Orfanòs, appartengono tutte all’epoca tardo-bizantina e furono erette nel periodo compreso tra il XIII e XIV secolo. In esse si può notare lo sviluppo, il culmine e il declino, di quest'ultimo e grande periodo di fioritura e risveglio artistico della storia bizantina che viene di solito indicato come “Rinascenza paleologa”. Costruite in una varietà di stili architettonici le chiese tardo-bizantine di Salonicco sono contraddistinte dalle loro proporzioni armoniosi ed eleganti e dalle loro ricercate decorazioni murali. Tra queste si segnalano soprattutto la Chiesa di Aghii Apostoli per la sua splendida decorazione ceramoplastica e quella di Agios Nikolaos Orfanòs per i suoi magnifici affreschi murali, che rappresentano uno dei più completi complessi pittorici del periodo dei Paleologi conservati a Salonicco. 

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The Moscow Metro Museum of Art: 10 Must-See Stations

There are few times one can claim having been on the subway all afternoon and loving it, but the Moscow Metro provides just that opportunity.  While many cities boast famous public transport systems—New York’s subway, London’s underground, San Salvador’s chicken buses—few warrant hours of exploration.  Moscow is different: Take one ride on the Metro, and you’ll find out that this network of railways can be so much more than point A to B drudgery.

The Metro began operating in 1935 with just thirteen stations, covering less than seven miles, but it has since grown into the world’s third busiest transit system ( Tokyo is first ), spanning about 200 miles and offering over 180 stops along the way.  The construction of the Metro began under Joseph Stalin’s command, and being one of the USSR’s most ambitious building projects, the iron-fisted leader instructed designers to create a place full of svet (radiance) and svetloe budushchee (a radiant future), a palace for the people and a tribute to the Mother nation.

Consequently, the Metro is among the most memorable attractions in Moscow.  The stations provide a unique collection of public art, comparable to anything the city’s galleries have to offer and providing a sense of the Soviet era, which is absent from the State National History Museum.  Even better, touring the Metro delivers palpable, experiential moments, which many of us don’t get standing in front of painting or a case of coins.

Though tours are available , discovering the Moscow Metro on your own provides a much more comprehensive, truer experience, something much less sterile than following a guide.  What better place is there to see the “real” Moscow than on mass transit: A few hours will expose you to characters and caricatures you’ll be hard-pressed to find dining near the Bolshoi Theater.  You become part of the attraction, hear it in the screech of the train, feel it as hurried commuters brush by: The Metro sucks you beneath the city and churns you into the mix.

With the recommendations of our born-and-bred Muscovite students, my wife Emma and I have just taken a self-guided tour of what some locals consider the top ten stations of the Moscow Metro. What most satisfied me about our Metro tour was the sense of adventure .  I loved following our route on the maps of the wagon walls as we circled the city, plotting out the course to the subsequent stops; having the weird sensation of being underground for nearly four hours; and discovering the next cavern of treasures, playing Indiana Jones for the afternoon, piecing together fragments of Russia’s mysterious history.  It’s the ultimate interactive museum.

Top Ten Stations (In order of appearance)

Kievskaya station.

Kievskaya Station went public in March of 1937, the rails between it and Park Kultury Station being the first to cross the Moscow River.  Kievskaya is full of mosaics depicting aristocratic scenes of Russian life, with great cameo appearances by Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin.  Each work has a Cyrillic title/explanation etched in the marble beneath it; however, if your Russian is rusty, you can just appreciate seeing familiar revolutionary dates like 1905 ( the Russian Revolution ) and 1917 ( the October Revolution ).

Mayakovskaya Station

Mayakovskaya Station ranks in my top three most notable Metro stations. Mayakovskaya just feels right, done Art Deco but no sense of gaudiness or pretention.  The arches are adorned with rounded chrome piping and create feeling of being in a jukebox, but the roof’s expansive mosaics of the sky are the real showstopper.  Subjects cleverly range from looking up at a high jumper, workers atop a building, spires of Orthodox cathedrals, to nimble aircraft humming by, a fleet of prop planes spelling out CCCP in the bluest of skies.

Novoslobodskaya Station

Novoslobodskaya is the Metro’s unique stained glass station.  Each column has its own distinctive panels of colorful glass, most of them with a floral theme, some of them capturing the odd sailor, musician, artist, gardener, or stenographer in action.  The glass is framed in Art Deco metalwork, and there is the lovely aspect of discovering panels in the less frequented haunches of the hall (on the trackside, between the incoming staircases).  Novosblod is, I’ve been told, the favorite amongst out-of-town visitors.

Komsomolskaya Station

Komsomolskaya Station is one of palatial grandeur.  It seems both magnificent and obligatory, like the presidential palace of a colonial city.  The yellow ceiling has leafy, white concrete garland and a series of golden military mosaics accenting the tile mosaics of glorified Russian life.  Switching lines here, the hallway has an Alice-in-Wonderland feel, impossibly long with decorative tile walls, culminating in a very old station left in a remarkable state of disrepair, offering a really tangible glimpse behind the palace walls.

Dostoevskaya Station

Dostoevskaya is a tribute to the late, great hero of Russian literature .  The station at first glance seems bare and unimpressive, a stark marble platform without a whiff of reassembled chips of tile.  However, two columns have eerie stone inlay collages of scenes from Dostoevsky’s work, including The Idiot , The Brothers Karamazov , and Crime and Punishment.   Then, standing at the center of the platform, the marble creates a kaleidoscope of reflections.  At the entrance, there is a large, inlay portrait of the author.

Chkalovskaya Station

Chkalovskaya does space Art Deco style (yet again).  Chrome borders all.  Passageways with curvy overhangs create the illusion of walking through the belly of a chic, new-age spacecraft.  There are two (kos)mosaics, one at each end, with planetary subjects.  Transferring here brings you above ground, where some rather elaborate metalwork is on display.  By name similarity only, I’d expected Komsolskaya Station to deliver some kosmonaut décor; instead, it was Chkalovskaya that took us up to the space station.

Elektrozavodskaya Station

Elektrozavodskaya is full of marble reliefs of workers, men and women, laboring through the different stages of industry.  The superhuman figures are round with muscles, Hollywood fit, and seemingly undeterred by each Herculean task they respectively perform.  The station is chocked with brass, from hammer and sickle light fixtures to beautiful, angular framework up the innards of the columns.  The station’s art pieces are less clever or extravagant than others, but identifying the different stages of industry is entertaining.

Baumanskaya Statio

Baumanskaya Station is the only stop that wasn’t suggested by the students.  Pulling in, the network of statues was just too enticing: Out of half-circle depressions in the platform’s columns, the USSR’s proud and powerful labor force again flaunts its success.  Pilots, blacksmiths, politicians, and artists have all congregated, posing amongst more Art Deco framing.  At the far end, a massive Soviet flag dons the face of Lenin and banners for ’05, ’17, and ‘45.  Standing in front of the flag, you can play with the echoing roof.

Ploshchad Revolutsii Station

Novokuznetskaya Station

Novokuznetskaya Station finishes off this tour, more or less, where it started: beautiful mosaics.  This station recalls the skyward-facing pieces from Mayakovskaya (Station #2), only with a little larger pictures in a more cramped, very trafficked area.  Due to a line of street lamps in the center of the platform, it has the atmosphere of a bustling market.  The more inventive sky scenes include a man on a ladder, women picking fruit, and a tank-dozer being craned in.  The station’s also has a handsome black-and-white stone mural.

Here is a map and a brief description of our route:

Start at (1)Kievskaya on the “ring line” (look for the squares at the bottom of the platform signs to help you navigate—the ring line is #5, brown line) and go north to Belorusskaya, make a quick switch to the Dark Green/#2 line, and go south one stop to (2)Mayakovskaya.  Backtrack to the ring line—Brown/#5—and continue north, getting off at (3)Novosblodskaya and (4)Komsolskaya.  At Komsolskaya Station, transfer to the Red/#1 line, go south for two stops to Chistye Prudy, and get on the Light Green/#10 line going north.  Take a look at (5)Dostoevskaya Station on the northern segment of Light Green/#10 line then change directions and head south to (6)Chkalovskaya, which offers a transfer to the Dark Blue/#3 line, going west, away from the city center.  Have a look (7)Elektroskaya Station before backtracking into the center of Moscow, stopping off at (8)Baumskaya, getting off the Dark Blue/#3 line at (9)Ploschad Revolyutsii.  Change to the Dark Green/#2 line and go south one stop to see (10)Novokuznetskaya Station.

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Claudia Looi

Touring the Top 10 Moscow Metro Stations

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Komsomolskaya metro station looks like a museum. It has vaulted ceilings and baroque decor.

Hidden underground, in the heart of Moscow, are historical and architectural treasures of Russia. These are Soviet-era creations – the metro stations of Moscow.

Our guide Maria introduced these elaborate metro stations as “the palaces for the people.” Built between 1937 and 1955, each station holds its own history and stories. Stalin had the idea of building beautiful underground spaces that the masses could enjoy. They would look like museums, art centers, concert halls, palaces and churches. Each would have a different theme. None would be alike.

The two-hour private tour was with a former Intourist tour guide named Maria. Maria lived in Moscow all her life and through the communist era of 60s to 90s. She has been a tour guide for more than 30 years. Being in her 60s, she moved rather quickly for her age. We traveled and crammed with Maria and other Muscovites on the metro to visit 10 different metro stations.

Arrow showing the direction of metro line 1 and 2

Moscow subways are very clean

To Maria, every street, metro and building told a story. I couldn’t keep up with her stories. I don’t remember most of what she said because I was just thrilled being in Moscow.   Added to that, she spilled out so many Russian words and names, which to one who can’t read Cyrillic, sounded so foreign and could be easily forgotten.

The metro tour was the first part of our all day tour of Moscow with Maria. Here are the stations we visited:

1. Komsomolskaya Metro Station  is the most beautiful of them all. Painted yellow and decorated with chandeliers, gold leaves and semi precious stones, the station looks like a stately museum. And possibly decorated like a palace. I saw Komsomolskaya first, before the rest of the stations upon arrival in Moscow by train from St. Petersburg.

2. Revolution Square Metro Station (Ploshchad Revolyutsii) has marble arches and 72 bronze sculptures designed by Alexey Dushkin. The marble arches are flanked by the bronze sculptures. If you look closely you will see passersby touching the bronze dog's nose. Legend has it that good luck comes to those who touch the dog's nose.

Touch the dog's nose for good luck. At the Revolution Square station

Revolution Square Metro Station

3. Arbatskaya Metro Station served as a shelter during the Soviet-era. It is one of the largest and the deepest metro stations in Moscow.

Arbatskaya Metro Station

4. Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station was built in 1935 and named after the Russian State Library. It is located near the library and has a big mosaic portrait of Lenin and yellow ceramic tiles on the track walls.

Lenin's portrait at the Biblioteka Imeni Lenina Metro Station

5. Kievskaya Metro Station was one of the first to be completed in Moscow. Named after the capital city of Ukraine by Kiev-born, Nikita Khruschev, Stalin's successor.

Kievskaya Metro Station

6. Novoslobodskaya Metro Station  was built in 1952. It has 32 stained glass murals with brass borders.

Novoslobodskaya metro station

7. Kurskaya Metro Station was one of the first few to be built in Moscow in 1938. It has ceiling panels and artwork showing Soviet leadership, Soviet lifestyle and political power. It has a dome with patriotic slogans decorated with red stars representing the Soviet's World War II Hall of Fame. Kurskaya Metro Station is a must-visit station in Moscow.

Ceiling panel and artworks at Kurskaya Metro Station

8. Mayakovskaya Metro Station built in 1938. It was named after Russian poet Vladmir Mayakovsky. This is one of the most beautiful metro stations in the world with 34 mosaics painted by Alexander Deyneka.

Mayakovskaya station

One of the over 30 ceiling mosaics in Mayakovskaya metro station

9. Belorusskaya Metro Station is named after the people of Belarus. In the picture below, there are statues of 3 members of the Partisan Resistance in Belarus during World War II. The statues were sculpted by Sergei Orlov, S. Rabinovich and I. Slonim.

10. Teatralnaya Metro Station (Theatre Metro Station) is located near the Bolshoi Theatre.

Teatralnaya Metro Station decorated with porcelain figures .

Taking the metro's escalator at the end of the tour with Maria the tour guide.

Have you visited the Moscow Metro? Leave your comment below.

January 15, 2017 at 8:17 am

An excellent read! Thanks for much for sharing the Russian metro system with us. We're heading to Moscow in April and exploring the metro stations were on our list and after reading your post, I'm even more excited to go visit them. Thanks again 🙂

December 6, 2017 at 10:45 pm

Hi, do you remember which tour company you contacted for this tour?

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