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Moscow Sights Gems
Armoury Chamber
From the 14th century to the beginning of the 19th century the Armoury Chamber was the treasury-house of the Moscow Princes and Russian Czars. It is first mentioned in a manuscript of 1547 in the description of a great fire which did an enormous amount of damage to Moscow and the Kremlin. It housed the imperial weaponry. But it was more than a repository: it is also contained the workshops of the Armory Department. In the 16th-17th centuries the finest examples of Russian applied art were concentrated in the vaults and workshops of the Moscow Kremlin.
In Armoury Chamber you will find:
- the collection of the 16th-17th centuries secular dress;
- the collection of thrones;
- the collection of various items of regalia (that were used during the reception of foreign guests, coronation and consecration of a new Czar);
- the collection of carriages with rare and extraordinary design;
- the collection of clothing and fabrics of the 14th-19th centuries:
- gold and silver work by Russian craftsmen in 12th-17th centuries;
- silver work by western craftsmen of the 15th-19th centuries;
- dress-harness;
- firearms;
- Faberge collection.
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