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Spasskaya Tower Festival
* Spasskaya Tower The Spasskaya Tower ( rus, Спасская башня, Spasskaya Bashnya), translated as 'Saviour Tower', is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square. History The Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by th ... of the Moscow Kremlin * Spasskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow Kremlin Towers
The following is a list of towers of the Moscow Kremlin. The Kremlin Wall is a defensive wall that surrounds the Moscow Kremlin, recognizable by the characteristic notches and its towers. The original walls were likely a simple wooden fence with guard towers built in 1156. The Kremlin is flanked by 19 towers with a 20th, the Kutafya Tower, not part of its walls. Borovitskaya The Borovitskaya Tower (russian: Боровицкая башня) is a corner tower with a through-passage on the west side of the Kremlin. It is named after Borovitsky Hill,_one_of_the_ seven_hills_Moscow.html" ;"title="Seven_hills_of_Moscow.html" ;"title="' ..., one of the Seven hills of Moscow">seven hills Moscow">Seven_hills_of_Moscow.html" ;"title="' ..., one of the Seven hills of Moscow">seven hills Moscow is standing on. The tower was constructed in 1490 on the spot of an old Kremlin gate by Swiss-Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari (Petr Fryazin, from or as Italians were called at that time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
