Lobnoye Mesto

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Lobnoye mesto (Russian: Лобное место) is a 13-meter-long stone platform situated in the Red Square in Moscow in front of Saint Basil's Cathedral.

Its name is derived from the Russian words for 'forehead' (lob) and 'place' (Mesto). In

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, who was seated on a donkey, in a procession from the city gates to Red Square.

The nearby

had the Lobnoye Mesto rebuilt in white stone while keeping its original location and proportions.

Location and first mention

The place of execution is opposite the Spasskaya Tower near the Intercession Cathedral and is a circular in plan stone pavement 13 m in diameter and 1 m high with a stone parapet. Initially, the Place of execution was made of brick but in 1599, during the reign of Boris Godunov, it was rebuilt in stone and surrounded by a lattice. At the same time, Tsar Cannon was installed nearby on a wooden gun carriage.^[2] Images of Tsar Cannon are also documented in the engravings and drawings of seventeenth-century European travellers. The Lobnoye Mesto acquired its present appearance after the restoration of 1786.^[3]

55°45′12″N 37°37′21″E / 55.75333°N 37.62250°E / 55.75333; 37.62250

References

Literature

• Khromov, Semen (1981). History of Moscow: An Outline. Moscow: Progress Publishers. p. 376.