Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
DON'T MISS…
The frescoed interior of Assumption Cathedral
The gilded cover of the coffin of Tsarevitch Dmitry in Archangel Cathedral
Icons by Theophanes and Rublyev in the Annunciation Cathedral
The Crown of Monomakh in the Armoury
PRACTICALITIES
adult/student R350/100
10am-5pm Fri-Wed, ticket office 9.30am-4.30pm
Aleksandrovsky Sad
Entrance Towers
Kutafya Tower
stands apart from the Kremlin's west wall, at the end of a ramp over the Alexander Garden.
The ramp was once a bridge over the Neglinnaya River and used to be part of the Kremlin's
defences; this river has been diverted underground, beneath the Alexander Garden, since the
early 19th century. The Kutafya Tower is the last of a number of outer bridge towers that
once stood on this side of the Kremlin.
Trinity Gate Tower
From the Kutafya Tower, walk up the ramp and pass through the Kremlin walls beneath the
towers. Right below your feet were the cells for prisoners in the 16th century.
