architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Secret Tower (Taynitskaya)

Moscow, Russia

Тайницкая башня (Tajnickaya bashnya) [Russian]
Водяная башня (Vodyanaya bashnya) [Russian]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Water Tower
higher-level structure
built
1485
1771-1773
destroyed/demolished
1770
architectural element(s)
architect

Architecture: Moscow Kremlin

built
1482-1495
1816-1819
culture
style/period
material
technique
architect / constr. phase
1485-1495
walls and towers
1816-1819
reconstruction after Napoleonic destruction
patronage

Specifications

height
38.4 m

Specification: Moscow Kremlin

area
2,770,000 m²

Geography

local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1547-1721
1721-1917
1917-1922
1922-1991