• The Palace of the Facets is a building in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, which contains what used to be the main banquet reception hall of the Russian tsars.
  • The Palace of Facets—so called from the exterior finish of faceted, white stone squares—was built in 1487–91.
  • In 1487, Grand Duke Ivan III “the Great” had the Palace of Facets built as one of the first stone structures of the Kremlin...
  • Wedding procession of Mikhail Romanov and Evdokia Streshneva in the Palace of Facets.jpg 917 × 731; 79 KB.
  • Many significant historical decisions were made here, since the faceted chamber, among other things, held Zemstvo meetings and met the boyar Duma.
  • Palace of Facets is Moscow's oldest secular structure. It is also the only surviving part of the palace complex of Ivan III; the Tsar who introduced brickwork to...
  • Porch and façade of the Palace of Facets are designed in the tower style of the Russian chambers of the 16 century.
  • in May 1896 was the last great reception in the Palace of Facets, in honor of the coronation of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
  • The central pillar of the Palace of Facets in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia.
  • It is the oldest preserved secular building in Moscow. Located on Kremlin Cathedral Square...
  • Holy canopy in front of the entrance to the main building of the Faceted Chamber were added in the 30s-40s of the 19th century, when the Grand Kremlin Palace...
  • Architect Mark Fryazin founded The Faceted Chamber in 1487 on the site of an ancient gridiron for ceremonial receptions in the Grand Duke’s Palace of Ivan III.
  • During the construction of the Grand Kremlin Palace in 1838-1849, the Faceted Chamber was included in the new complex of palace buildings and was connected...