White City and the Shatrovaya Tower: a Harkback to the Past
Near the walls of the Astrakhan Kremlin there is a White City. Until the 17th century, the place around the Kremlin, where residential and household buildings were built, was called a posad (trading quarter), but later it was given a name, as in Moscow: the White City. Today it makes an unusual impression on all the connoisseurs of ancient architecture. Perfectly preserved art nouveau and classical buildings, built in the XVIII-XIX centuries, alternate here with austere mosques and merchant mansions.
In the White City you can see a Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary, built in 1778 in Baroque style with elements of classicism. Another eye-catching object is the Demidov Trading Courtyard, a huge warehouse complex of the XVII century, near which there is an octagonal Shatrovaya Tower. This is the only building left from the Transfiguration Monastery, built to commemorate the victory over the Turks in the late 16th century. The tower itself dates back to 1607 and is a vivid example of Russian medieval monastic architecture. A walk through the White City will move you to the past and inform tranquility and harmony.
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