Keine Mauern Mehr (1990) 1,000 years of History KYIV DESTINATION: Golden Gates The Golden Gate was the main entrance to Kyiv. It's also 1,000 years old and one of Kyiv's top tourist sites. The gate was unusual because it had a church on top. The 1980s reconstruction that can now be visited includes a church. A combined ticket for the Gate and the nearby St Sophia's Cathedral is a good deal. Inside you can see the original walls and climb the top to get good views of the square and surroundings. The gate has it's own musical links. Mussorgsky wrote a suite called Pictures at an Exhibition in 1874. The exhibition was a memorial to a close friend who had died at a young age. The exhibition included some watercolours by the man who had died, Viktor Hartman and one of them included the gates in Kiev. Around 100 years later a UK progrock band called Emerson, Lake and Palmer developed two concept albums that took Mussorgsky's suite as an inspiration. The Mich...