Hotel Moskva (Moscow)
Coordinates: 55°45′25″N 37°37′00″E / 55.75694°N 37.6166667°E / 55.75694; 37.6166667
The Hotel Moskva name has been used for two identical buildings on the same spot in Moscow, Russia located near Red Square in close proximity to the old City Hall. The first Hotel Moskva was originally constructed from 1932 until 1938, it opened as a hotel in December 1935. Designed by Alexey Shchusev, it was built to be one of Moscow's finest hotels and was lavishly detailed with works of art and mosaics by some of the finest artists of the Soviet Union. The old hotel was demolished in 2004 for a modern reproduction with underground parking and other features which were not available in the 1930s. It was completed in 2012.
The lobby of the hotel contained an entrance to the Metro's Okhotny Ryad station.
Read more about Hotel Moskva (Moscow): Old Hotel, New Hotel - 2009
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