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PETROVSKAYA TOWER |

| Moscow Kremlin

Administrative buildings | The Kremlin Towers | The Kremlin Cathedrals | Squares and Gardens

Borovitskaya Tower

Vodovzvodnaya Tower

Blagoveshenskaya Tower

Tainitskaya Tower

Pervaya Bezymyannaya Tower

Vtoraya Bezymyannaya Tower

Petrovskaya Tower

Beklemishevskaya Tower

Konstantino-Yeleninskaya Tower

Nabatnaya Tower

Tsarskaya Tower

Spasskaya Tower

Senatskaya Tower

Nikolskaya Tower

Uglovaya Arsenalnaya Tower

Srednyaya Arsenalnaya Tower

Troitskaya Tower

Kutafya Tower

Komendantskaya Tower

Oruzheinaya Tower

Petrovskaya Tower

The tower is named after the Church of Metropolitan Pyotr, or Peter, which was part of the mission of the Ugresh Monastery located near the tower in the Kremlin. The Petrovskaya Tower was destroyed by cannon fire during the Polish invasion in 1612 and then restored. In 1771 it was pulled down to construct the Kremlin Palace, but was rebuilt in 1783. In 1812 the tower was blown up by Napoleon’s retreating troops. In 1818 it was rebuilt by architect Osip Beauvais. Since then it has not undergone any alterations. The Petrovskaya Tower, erected “for better sight and strength” was used as a service building by the Kremlin’s gardeners. Its height is 27.15 meters.

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