Seven hills of Moscow
The Seven hills of Moscow (Russian: Семь холмо́в Москвы́) is a historic name of several elevated sections of terrain, on top of which Moscow was built.
The legend of Seven Hills (as an analogy between Moscow and Rome) has been known since the 16th century, when they began to actively develop the hilly terrain dissected by numerous rivers and ravines. Usually, the term Seven Hills refers to the Borovitsky Hill (a.k.a. Kremlin Hill), the so-called (the districts of Presnya and ), a.k.a. (today's Pushkin Square), a.k.a. (today's ), a.k.a. (over the Yauza River), a.k.a. Lefortovo Hill (in Lefortovo), and Vorobyovy Hills.
Besides the aforementioned hills, they sometimes include Krutitsy, (over the Yauza River), and a.k.a. Sushchyovo (between the rivers Neglinnaya and ).
See also[]
- Seven hills of Rome
- Seven hills
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