Rimskaya

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Name on the Wall
Name on the Wall

Rimskaya (Russian: Римская) is a station on Moscow Metro's Lyublinskaya Line. Opened on 28th December, 1995 as part of the original stage of the Lyublinsky radius the station was named after the Italian capital Rome, and the architects L.Popov and N.Rostegnyaeva applied the theme accordingly.

The station is a unique and an unusual project where a column-trivault design is applied but with no underplatform spacing and all of the infrastructure sitting on a massive monolithic plate. Located on a depth of 54 metres. The wide square columns are faced with grey marble as are the walls. The ceiling is heinged and is made of aluminium. Black, red, grey and white granite slants are used for the floor. The real decorations come from the Italian sculpturors (G.Imbrigi, A.Cuatrocci and L.Berlin) including a fountain (which currently is non-functioning due to the problems caused by the dampining of air) with typical Roman columns and a child sculpture in the far end of the central hall and four medallions including a she-wolf. Romulus, Remus and a triumphal archway in Rome.

Interior
Interior

[edit] Transfers

The station is a transfer to the Ploshchad Ilicha of the Kalininskaya Line which is carried out by walkways from the sides of the central hall. The station's vestibule is located under Rogozhskaya Zastava square.

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