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Key facts
- Location
- Kazan , Russia
- Built
- 10th–16th centuries
- Official name
- Historic and Architectural Complex of the Kazan Kremlin
- Type
- Cultural
- Criteria
- ii, iii, iv
- Designated
- 2000 (24th session )
- Region
- Europe and North America
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kazan Kremlin (Russian: Казанский кремль; Tatar: Казан кирмәне) is the chief historic citadel of Kazan, a city in Russia. It was built at the behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the former castle of Kazan khans. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2000.
History and monuments
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qazan Kremlin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.