PAPER MODEL KIT MOSCOW KREMLIN TROITSKAYA TOWER AND KUTAFIYA 1/250 OREL 64

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PAPER MODEL KIT MOSCOW KREMLIN : TROITSKAYA TOWER AND KUTAFIYA

OREL 64

Manufacturer: Orel (Ukraine)

Scale: 1/250

Material: Paper

Condition: New

Number of sheets: 16 sheets of A4

Troitskaya Tower - Passage, a branch strelnitsa - home on the west side of the Kremlin. Its construction in 1495-1499 by the architect Aleviz Fryazin completed the construction of fortifications from the Neglinnaya River, later Alexander Garden. In 1516, the tower of the Trinity through the stone Trinity Bridge, and behind it was built the tower was built Kutafiya Neglinnaya River. In XVI-XVII centuries Trinity Gate is considered the second most important after the Spassky - they have served for the passage of the Kremlin to the courts of the patriarch, queens and princesses. The modern name of the tower was in 1658 by the Holy Trinity monastery in the Kremlin. Before that it was called the Epiphany, Znamenskoye, Kuretnoy located at the Kremlin churches and a carriage house. At the end of the XVII century the tower was layered high tent, received architectural decoration, close to the decoration of the Spasskaya tower and chimes, which, after the fire of 1812 were not restored. In 1870-1895 years in the translation of the Ministry of the Imperial Court archive tower was rebuilt, with many ancient parts have been lost. In the XIX century, after the Neglinnaya River was removed in the pipe, the white stone ramp leading to the tower Kutafiya, was replaced by brick. In 1901 he built a new Trinity Bridge. The height of the tower to the stars of the Kremlin - 65.65 meters, with a star - 69,3 m height of the tower from the Alexander Garden -. 76.35 m, with a star -. 80 m Kutafiya TOWER (bridgehead). It is the only surviving of the bridgehead of the Kremlin towers, which served to protect the bridges leading to the castle. It was erected in 1516 under the direction of the Milanese architect Aleviz Fryazin. Low, surrounded by a moat and a river, with the only gate that in moments of danger tightly closed, the tower was a formidable obstacle for besieging a fortress. The tower had no coating consisted of two tiers of combat, on the top floor were hanging loopholes. In 1685 the tower was adorned with decorative openwork top. Lift bridges across the moat, which was surrounded by the tower, the tower led to the side gates. To this day the side gates can be seen preserved gap to hoist chains. The name of the tower received is deemed to be the word "kut", which means different interpretations of cover, corner, peninsula.