The 1st Nameless (Bezymyannaya) Tower

The First Nameless Tower. View from the south-east
A typical quadrangular tower of the south Kremlin’s wall. Built in 1480-s to the east of the Tainitskaya (Secret) Tower. In the end of XV-XVIth centuries it was a powder storage. During the 1547 fire, the tower was damaged by an explosion of the powder kept inside. It was overbuilt with a plane four-faceted marquee in the XVIIth century.

In 1770-1771, the tower was dismantled as well as the Tainitskaya (Secret) Tower. It was reconstructed in 1776-1783.

In 1812, the First Bezymmyannaya Tower was blown up by the French Army and later reconstructed under the supervision of Ossip Bove.

Its height is 34,15 m.

The First Nameless Tower. Fragment
The First Nameless Tower. Section
The First Nameless Tower. Plan of the lower part of the main volume