Kolomna Kremlin
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Kolomna Kremlin - one of the largest and most powerful fortresses of its time, which was built in the years 1525-1531 in Kolomna, during the reign of Vasily III. The original city wall has 17 towers (four of them - travel) and had a length of 1938 meters. Wall height reached 18 to 21 meters, the thickness - from 3 to 4 to 5 meters. Currently, it remained 7 towers of the Kremlin.

Kolomenskaya tower was the western city guard tower that protected the route Astrakhan (Moscow-Ryazan road) - one of the oldest roads of the state. Kolomna - the highest of all the surviving towers of the Kremlin. Its height is 31 meters, diameter - 13 meters. Tower icosahedral, but if you look at it from afar, it seems circular - that is what explains one of her titles. By icosahedral pillar staggered with 27 windows, loopholes, increasing the angle of fire and helps to keep a perimeter defense. Inside the eight-story tower are spiral staircases at the top on the outside passes decorative belt made of white stone, the top of the tower from a distance resembles a crown. The people called the tower "Marinka". There is a legend that in that tower nearly two years lived the widow of both Falsdmitry Marina Mniszek and son-baby.

In the Kremlin is Cathedral Square - the spiritual center of the city. The architectural appearance of the area formed with the XIV - XIX century. The central place it occupies in the Assumption Cathedral, built by order of Dmitry Donskoy in honor of Russian victories over the Tatar-Mongol yoke in two battles: the reins on the River (1378), and the field of Kulikovo (1380). To the right of the Cathedral is belfry (XVII century) - the most powerful bell-tower of its kind in Russia. Next to the belfry is Tikhvin Cathedral (XVIII-XIX century) - winter cathedral church of Kolomna. To the left of the Cathedral is the New Golutvin Holy Trinity Monastery (XVI-XIX centuries).

Among the most ancient buildings of the Kolomna Kremlin - adjacent to the Cathedral Square in the north-east, Church of the Resurrection (XIV - XIX centuries.), Which in 1366 married Prince Dmitry Donskoy with Princess Eudoxia of Suzdal and the Church of St. Nicholas Living Room (1501) - one of the first brick churches in Russia.

Some monuments of Kolomna Kremlin is located along the street Lazhechnikov - one of the most picturesque corners of the fortress: Brusensky Assumption Monastery (XVI - XIX centuries.), A former building of the city council (XIX c.), The city of the XIX century noble estates.

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