Yauza Street
Yauza Street begins as a continuation of Solyanka at Yauza Gates Square, then crosses the Yauza River via the Astakhov Bridge and ends at the junction with Ryumin Lane, transitioning into Upper Radishchevskaya Street.
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Yauza Gate Square
Location and Origin
Like six other squares on the Boulevard Ring that contain the word "gate" in their names, this square indicates the site where, from the 16th to the 18th century, the gates of the third defensive rin…
Beklemishevskaya Tower
The tower is located in the southeast corner of the Kremlin triangle and was built in 1487-1488 by the Italian architect Marco Friazyn. It is named after the courtyard of the boyar Beklemishev, which adjoined it on the t…
Petrovskaya Tower
The intermediate blind tower of the southern wall of the Kremlin was built in the 1480s between the 2nd Nameless and Beklemishevskaya towers. It was destroyed in 1612, but during restoration, false machicolations appeare…
The Second Nameless Tower
The tower was built in the 1480s between the First Nameless Tower and the Peter Tower. In the 1680s, its massive quadrangular base was topped with a through four-sided spire, which housed a watchtower with an octagonal r…
The First Nameless Tower
One of the ordinary square towers of the southern wall was built in the 1480s east of the Taynitskaya Tower. In the late 15th and 16th centuries, it stored gunpowder. In 1547, during a severe fire in Moscow, the tower wa…
Annunciation Tower
One of the ordinary square towers of the southern wall is located between the Taynitskaya and Sviblova (Vodovzvodnaya) towers. Its name is associated with the legend of the miraculous icon of the "Annunciation," which on…
Water Supply Tower
The southwestern corner tower of the Kremlin was built in 1488 by architect Anton Fryazin. It played a key role in the Kremlin's defensive system, protecting the ford and the mouth of the Neglinnaya River. The tower's na…
Taynitskaya Tower
Taynitskaya Tower played a key role in the defense of the river side of the Kremlin. It was built with a secret well and a hidden exit to the Moskva River, had a shooting gallery connected to the tower by a stone bridge,…
Borovitskaya Tower
The tower was built by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari in 1490 and served as the entrance to the economic part of the tsar's court, separated from the ceremonial area by a stone wall erected in 1499.
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