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KUTAFYA TOWER |

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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

Kutafya Tower

This tower had a special function: to defend the bridges leading to the citadel. It is the only Kremlin bridgehead watchtower to survive to the present day. It was erected in 1516 under the supervision of the Milanese architect known as Aleviz Fryazin. This squat tower, surrounded by a moat and a river, with its only gates immediately shut in case of danger, was a formidable obstacle to besiegers. The tower consisted of two tiers with bartizans on the top terrace. To this day, near the gates one can see the slits for the chains of the bridge-lifting gear.

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