Rimskaya (Russian:Римскаяpronunciationⓘ) is aMoscow Metro station in theTagansky District,Central Administrative Okrug,Moscow. It is on theLyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, betweenChkalovskaya andKrestyanskaya Zastava stations.
Rimskaya opened on 28 December 1995 as part of the original stage of the Lyublinsky radius the station was named after theItalian capitalRome, 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 hinged and is made of aluminium. Black, red, grey and white granite slants are used for the floor. The real decorations come from the Italian sculpturers (G.Imbrighi,[1] A.Quattrocchi[2] and L.Berlin) including a fountain (which currently is non-functioning due to the problems caused by the dampening 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.
The station is a transfer to thePloshchad Ilicha of theKalininskaya 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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