City Kaliningrad

in #travel7 years ago

Kaliningrad is a large city in the North-West of Russia, it is located on the Baltic Sea shore at the mouth of the Pregoli River. In this city is the only amber museum in the world and the unique for Russia Museum of the World Ocean.


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The Koenigsberg Castle, which in the second half of the 13th century is translated as "Royal Mountain", is closely connected with the history of the Knights of the Teutonic Order. They transferred their capital from Poland. The name of the medieval fortress was fixed and outside the city.

The city has very beautiful bridges, embankments, many cultural monuments.


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At the end of XX - beginning of the XXI century in Kaliningrad was created a unique for Russia Museum of the World Ocean, in which there is even a giant mock sperm whale and other interesting expositions.


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One of the expositions can be visited and viewed from the inside. This is submarine B-413.


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It's worth visiting the beautiful Curonian Spit, climbing its sand dunes, peering into the mysterious Dancing Forest, and taking away a piece of amber from the sun. I advise you to visit the ancient castles of Ragnit and Insterburg, the castle of Pilau and the Muhlhausen Kirch, the castle of Schaaken and the Kirken Allenburg.


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In Kaliningrad, there are many factories, one of which is the BMW plant.


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In this city you will not be bored, there are more than 500 objects of cultural and historical heritage on the territory of the city, you can visit the Defensive Tower of the Don, where the Amber Museum, the Wrangel Tower, get acquainted with the life of the Prussian city, visit the fortifications, the Cathedral, in which There are numerous museum expositions of the history of Koenigsberg.


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In the city you will see a monument to Baron Munchausen, whose prototype Carl Hieronymim Frederick Baron von Munchhausen really was in Koenigsberg. The sculpture is a steel wall, in which the silhouette of the baron flying on the core is cut out.


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Look at the beautiful video with city views:

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