Spassky Gate
Description:
Spasskaya Tower is the main tower with a through passage on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin, which overlooks Red Square. The tower was built in 1491 by Italian architect Petro Antonio Solari.
The tower gate is the main entrance to the Kremlin. In royal times, anyone who passed through the gate had to take off their headdress and hurry. Heads of state, members of the Supreme Politburo or the government could pass through the gate.
Currently, the gates are opened to receive presidential motorcades on the day of the inauguration, to hold Victory parades and to receive the Christmas tree.
The nearest metro stops to the Spassky Gate are “Revolution Square”, “Hunting Row”, “China is a city”, “Lenin Library”, “Alexander Garden”.