Senate Tower
The tower was likely built in the 1490s and is architecturally similar to the Nabatean, Commandant, and Arsenal towers. Its slender monolithic base, topped with machicolations and a parapet, was complemented in the 1680s…
Spasskaya Tower
The tower was built in 1491 by architect Pietro Antonio Solari and became the beginning of the eastern line of the Kremlin's fortifications. It replaced the Frolovskaya shooting range from 1367-1368. The gates of the tow…
Tsar's Tower
In the 1680s, a small tower was erected between the Spasskaya and Nabatnaya towers of the Kremlin. Its octagonal roof, set on jug-shaped pillars, resembles the canopies of stone residential buildings of that time.
On th…
Constantine-Elenin Tower
The tower got its name from the Church of Constantine and Helena, located nearby in the Kremlin. Initially, it served as a passageway and protected the ancient roads connecting the Kremlin with the Great Posad (Kitai-Gor…
Middle Trading Rows
The area where the Middle Trading Rows are located began to develop in the 14th century, when a large market was organized on the site of the main streets leading from the white-stone Kremlin and Red Square. Over time, s…
Resurrection (Iver) Gates
Astolphe de Custine in his work "Russia in 1839," banned in Russia but popular among French speakers, marveled: "Above the two-arch gates through which I entered the Kremlin, there is an icon of the Mother of God, painte…
Cathedral of the Theophany Monastery
The enormous Epiphany Cathedral retains its significance in modern Moscow. Although the monastery as such no longer exists and new buildings have appeared around it, the cathedral still towers in Kitai-Gorod, claiming a …
Round Tower (Kitai-Gorod)
The tower got its name due to its round shape. It is also called Zaikonospasskaya because of its proximity to the Zaikonospassky Monastery.
Originally, the tower was built in 1535-1538 by architect Petr Malyy Fryazin, a…
Nikolskiy (Nikola Stary) Greek Monastery
The Nikolskiy Greek Monastery, also known as Nikola Stary near Bolshoy Krestets or Nikola Bolshaya Golova, is one of the oldest monastic establishments in Kitai-Gorod, founded in 1390. Saint Nicholas was one of the most …
Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Starye Paney
The Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian in Starye Paney, belonging to the Iverian Deanery of the Moscow City Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, is located in Kitai-Gorod. The main altar is consecrated in honor of Sai…
