Secret Tower

The first Kremlin tower to be built (in 1485) was the Secret Tower, designed by the Italian architect Anton Fryazin (Fryazin was the name given in Russia to all Italians). Under the tower there was a well and secret passage to the Moscow River providing the Kremlin with water in case of sieges. Hence, the tower's name - Secret. Dismantled in 1773, it was reconstructed to the design of Matvei Kazakov. During the 1930s the drawbridge was dismantled. The height of the tower is 38.4 metres (126 ft).