The Yamskaya (Trinity) tower is one of the seven towers of the Kolomna Kremlin that have survived to this day. Built in the years 1525-1531. Located between the now defunct Ivanovo Gate and the Ascension Tower in the eastern part of the Kremlin. From the Yamskoy tower, the spine of the wall, restored to the 800th anniversary of Kolomna , in 1977, departs.
| Yamskaya (Trinity) tower | |||
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 The wall of the Kolomna Kremlin near the Yamskaya Tower
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| Location | Kolomna | ||
| Kremlin | Kolomna Kremlin | ||
| Year of construction | 1525 - 1531 | ||
| Tower base shape | rectangle | ||
| Tower length | 12 meters | ||
| Tower width | 8 meters | ||
| Tower height | 24 meters | ||
| Tower wall thickness | down 2.9m, up 1.85m. | ||
Title
From the Yamskaya tower was the Yamskaya Sloboda (from which it got its name), which housed the stable, hunting and pit yards. Near the Yamskaya tower is now the bus station "Old Kolomna". You can find the mention that this tower is also called the Trinity on the Trinity Church of the Yamskaya Sloboda.
Architecture
The tower has 5 floors. The lowest floor is the plantar, the combat windows of which overlook the moat. The tower was crowned with a sixth tier - the gallery, its teeth, like the teeth of the walls, resembled the shape of a dovetail (the height of the teeth is 2.5 m, the width is 1.44 m, the depth is 1 m).