Tverskoy, Moscow City (Central) Russia
[Russian Orthodox]
The Kremlin's 50 foot tent-shaped St. Nicholas Tower is second after the Saviour Tower. Built in 1491 it was the gateway on a road leading to a St. Nicholas monastery. Fire damaged the tower in the 1700s and Napoleon's forces blew it up on retreat in 1812. Rebuilding in 1816 added the present neo-Gothic supersructure.More information