PAPER MODEL KIT KREMLIN VODOVZVODNAYA TOWER AND ANNUNCIATION 1/250 OREL 72

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PAPER MODEL KIT KREMLIN : VODOVZVODNAYA TOWER AND ANNUNCIATION 

OREL 72

Manufacturer: Orel (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/250
Material: Paper
Condition: New 
Number of sheets: 10 sheets of A4

Vodovzvodnaya Tower (Sviblovo). Southwest corner tower of the Kremlin. It was built in 1488 by architect Anton Fryazin. The tower was particularly important in the system of defense of the Kremlin, as defending the ford and the mouth of the Neglinnaya River. Its name is associated with the name Sviblo Boyar, whose members were responsible for its construction. Vodovzvodnaya Tower had a well and a secret exit to the river. In 1633 Christopher Galloway arranged in the tower lifting the machine, which poured water through lead pipes to the Kremlin Gardens. In 1672-1686 gg. Tower received longline top with tent completion. Dampness from the well, gradually penetrating into the masonry, destroying the tower. In 1770 V.I.Bazhenov offered to carry her, but did not get permission. However, the tower in the years 1805-1806 had to dismantle the foundations and lay down again, which was carried out by I.V.Egotova project. In 1812 Vodovzvodnaya tower was blown up by the French. In 1817-1819 it was rebuilt under the direction of OI Bove, and in its design have been made classical and pseudo-Gothic details. The massive lower cylinder processed rustication tower, complete with decorative machicolations and cut through large windows. The top tier of a multi-faceted crowned with slender tent with the rumors. The main round internal volume of the tower has two levels with domed ceilings. Above the upper combat platform rises to the top outdoor tent. The top of the tower in 1937 was crowned with a ruby ​​star. The height of the tower to the stars - 57.7 meters, with a star - 61.25 meters. Annunciation Tower. One of ordinary square towers of the south wall. Located between Tainitski and Sviblovo (Vodovzvodnaya) towers. Her name is associated with the legend of the miraculous icon of the "Annunciation", once located on the tower. The exact date of construction is unknown, presumably - 1487-1488 gg. Top overbuilt in the 1680s. Low quadrangular towers cut through wide windows and ends with machicolations combat platform and the parapet. Above, the open arched quadrangular truncated pyramid rises from the observation tower of the tent. In 1667 Annunciation tower was listed on the description of the travel, because in the middle of the XVII century near the tower Portomoynye gates were arranged for the passage of the palace laundresses to Portomoynomu raft on the Moscow River. In 1731 he built the tower G.Shedel Church of the Annunciation, for which the tower served as a bell tower. In 1831 Portomoynye gate was laid. Restored tower in 1866. In 1891-1892. Tower became the Chapel of the Annunciation Church. In 1932-1933. during the restoration of the church was dismantled, restored facades of ancient forms and loopholes. Inside the lower volume having the outlines of an irregular quadrangle, closed closed vault with stripping. In the tower there was deep underground (now half buried). Upper bushel separated from the flat roof of the tent. The same ceiling divide the interior of the tent into tiers. The tower's height - 30,7m, with a weather vane - 32,45m.