architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Kutafya Tower

Moscow, Russia

Кутафья башня (Kutaf'ya bashnya) [Russian]

Architecture

historic names
Predmostnaya Tower
предмостная башня (predmostnaya bashnya) [Russian]
higher-level structure
Moscow Kremlin
built
1516
1685
culture
Russian
architectural element(s)
barbican, fortified tower

Architecture: Moscow Kremlin

built
1482-1495
1816-1819
culture
Russian
style/period
Early Muscovite Period
work type by function
imperial palace, presidential residence, governmental office building, museum, fortification
material
brick
technique
masonry
architect / constr. phase
1485-1495
Pietro Antonio Solari
walls and towers
1816-1819
Joseph Bové
reconstruction after Napoleonic destruction
patronage
Ivan III

Specifications

height
13.5 m
width
15.5 m
length
22.0 m

Specification: Moscow Kremlin

area
2,770,000 m²

Geography

Asia » Europe » Northern Asia » Eastern Europe » Russia » Central Federal District » Moscow Oblast » Moscow » Central Administrative Okrug » Tverskoy Rayon
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
Grand Duchy of Moscow
1516-1547
Tsardom of Russia
1547-1721
Russian Empire
1721-1917
Russian SFSR
1917-1922
Soviet Union
1922-1991

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
545
Moscow Kremlin, Kutafya Tower, west elevation
Moscow Kremlin, Kutafya Tower, west elevation Moscow, Russia
Moscow Kremlin, Kutafya Tower, with Trinity Tower in the background
Moscow Kremlin, Kutafya Tower, with Trinity Tower in the background Moscow, Russia