St.Konstantine and Helen Tower
This tower takes its name from a monastery in the Kremlin, now destroyed, which
was dedicated to the Emperor Constantine and his mother Helena. The tower
was built in 1490 by Pietro Antonio Solari.
The superstructure, like those of other Kremlin towers, was added in 1680.
In order to level it up with the steep slope to the river, the tower has
recently had a quantity of soil piled up against it. The height of the
tower is 36.8 m (121 ft).
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