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      🏛 Spasskaya Tower

      Кремль, со стороны площади 1 Мая

      The Kremlin's main gate, with a clock and a tent roof; the walk around the fortress starts here. Inside is a museum of the tower's history.

      Spasskaya Tower
      © A.Savin · FAL
      Spasskaya Tower
      © Alexxx1979 · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The tower was built in the 16th century by the Pskov architects Ivan Shiryai and Postnik Yakovlev.
      • It is named after the icon of the Saviour Not Made by Hands that hung above the gate.
      • After the fire of 1694, two octagonal brick tiers and a tent roof were added on top.
      • The tower is 47 metres tall.
      • The through passage was only cut in the late 1920s; before that, people entered by a side gate.
      • Since 1 September 2023 the tower has housed a museum of the Kremlin's fortifications.

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      • The Kremlin and Bauman Street
      • All day: the Kremlin, Bauman and the Kazanka
      • With kids: dinosaurs in the Kremlin and the embankment
      • The Kremlin in an hour

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