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During the 16th and 17th centuries, Kitai-Gorod was the merchant and cultural center of Moscow. On this site from 1590 until 1665 was a major complex for merchants. In 1789, Catherine the Great commissioned architect Giacomo Quarenghi to replace it with a new marketplace. Gostiny Dvor was finished in 1805. In Russian, the name means indoor shopping center. Moscow’s Old Merchant Court now hosts cultural events and concerts plus restaurants and shops.

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Gostiny Dvor in Moscow, Russia

Ulitsa Varvarka, 3, Moskva, 109012, Russia

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