Towers Of The Moscow Kremlin In June In The Morning Royalty-Free Stock Photography

On the left we see the Vodovzvodnaya Tower. In the center we see part of the Borovitskaya Tower. On the right is the Annunciation Tower. The existing walls and towers were built in the years 1485-1516. The Vodovzvodnaya rising water Tower is the south-western corner tower of the Moscow Kremlin. Built according to the design of the Italian architect Antonio Gilardi. The modern name was given in 1633 after the installation of the machine for raising the water of Christopher Galloway, which supplied water from the Moscow River to the Kremlin. It was the first pressure water supply in Moscow, with the help of which the water from the tower was diluted into the inner palaces and gardens through a system of lead pipes.Borovítskaya Tower - a tower and a gate in the south-western part of the Moscow Kremlin. The name of the tower is supposedly derived from the ancient forest bor, which covered Borovitsky Hill in the early history of Moscow.Blagovestchenskaya Annunciation Tower - tower of the southern wall of the Moscow Kremlin. The name of the building is associated with the icon `Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos`, which, according to legend, miraculously manifested itself on the northern wall of the tower during the reign of Ivan the Terrible.