The Moscow Kremlin 8 класс

which situated on the left bank of the Moscow River,

on the Borovitsky Hill, the most ancient part of the city. Existing walls and towers were built in 1485 - 95. The total length of the walls - 2235 m, height of 5 to 19 m, thickness - from 3.5 to 6.5 m. The Kremlin has 20 towers. The highest tower - Spasskay, it has a height of 71 m.

Tower. Princes and kings drove through its gates to the

Moscow Kremlin.

Uspenskiy, Blagoveschenskiy and Archangelskiy. Each cathedral has an appearance and

function.

married on the reigning. A Russian-warriors, before they going to

battle, swore in the cathedral to spare there life for Moscow.

beginning it has 3 domes.

The cathedral is a tomb of the Moscow princes and

kings.

in 1856 by Russian master Andrei Chokhov.
Diameter is 6.6

m, weight is near 200 tons

the influence of the Italian tradition of building the bell

towers. After add to the height of 81 m in 1600, the bell tower became the tallest building in Moscow before the XVIII century.

that monument of Russian architecture. Before the XVII century it

was usually called the Troichkiy.