Kutafya tower of Moscow Kremlin. View from the northeast.
Photo by N.I.Zharkikh, September 6, 1976.
This brick tower built in 1516. It was placed far from the line of Kremlin walls. Its purpose was to protect the bridge over Nehlynna river that led from there to the Trinity tower. Oddly enough – no convincing explanation what the name "Kutafya" means.
