The Kazan Kremlin Spasskaya tower of Kazan

The Kazan Kremlin

Spasskaya tower of Kazan Kremlin Spasskaya tower of the Kazan Kremlin the main tower and the monument of architecture of the XVI century. Located in the Eastern wall of the Kremlin and leaves on 1 May square.

The Kul Sharif Mosque The complex of the mosque Kul Sharif is located in the Western part of the fortress. Was created as a single architectural ensemble including the mosque, a commemorative stone and building a tour Desk. Now consists of four buildings, renovated different periods.

since ancient times, the Kul Sharif mosque was located in a different place, but it was demolished during the storm of Kazan by Ivan the terrible in October 1552. Now about his old place we can understand by looking only at this monument

Suyumbike Tower the Suyumbike tower also applies to «falling» towers (as, for example, the leaning tower of Pisa)since it has a significant slope in the North-East side. At the moment, its deviation from the vertical is 1. 98 m

Building of guardhouse, mid-XIX century, reconstructed in 2003, the South-East corner of the Kremlin territory, where there is now a former military guardhouse (XIX century), in the XVI-XVII centuries occupied the Imperial courtyard, where he lived a «great voivode» .

Governor's Palace Main road, starting from the Spasskaya tower, leads tourists to high and the old part of the Kazan Kremlin, located where the Governor's Palace, the official residence of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan. In the times of the Kazan khans, there was a Palace, which made all visiting a big impression. Remains of Khan's mosque, the mausoleums and the towers are still preserved and seamlessly into the historical-architectural complex of the Kremlin.

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