Kremlin Wall

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The Kremlin Wall is the fortified red-brick defensive wall encircling the Moscow Kremlin, featuring multiple towers and serving as a historic symbol of Russian state power.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kremlin Wall canonical 3
Kremlin fortification system 1
Moscow Kremlin Wall 1

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Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defensive wall
fortification
historic monument
tourist attraction
adjacentTo Moskva River NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Russian medieval architecture
borders Red Square NERFINISHED
builtDuring reign of Ivan III of Russia
color red
constructionStart late 15th century
country Russia
era medieval period
hasFeature battlements
embrasures
merlons
walkway for guards
hasPart Arsenalnaya Tower NERFINISHED
Beklemishevskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Borovitskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Corner Arsenalnaya Tower NERFINISHED
Corner Beklemishevskaya Tower NERFINISHED
First Nameless Tower NERFINISHED
Komendantskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Konstantino-Eleninskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Kutafya Tower NERFINISHED
Middle Arsenalnaya Tower NERFINISHED
Nabatnaya Tower NERFINISHED
Nikolskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Ognennaya Tower NERFINISHED
Oruzheynaya Tower NERFINISHED
Second Nameless Tower NERFINISHED
Secret Tower NERFINISHED
Senatskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Spasskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Tainitskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Troitskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Tsarskaya Tower NERFINISHED
Vodovzvodnaya Tower NERFINISHED
Zhitnaya Tower NERFINISHED
height up to about 19 meters
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow"
length approximately 2.2 kilometers
locatedIn Moscow
Russia
location Moscow Kremlin NERFINISHED
material red brick
replaced earlier white-stone Kremlin walls
significance iconic image in Russian political history
major landmark of Moscow
surrounds Moscow Kremlin NERFINISHED
symbolOf Moscow NERFINISHED
Russian state power
thickness up to about 6.5 meters
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow NERFINISHED
usedFor ceremonial purposes
defense
state symbolism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moscow Kremlin hasPart Kremlin Wall
Alexander Garden runsAlong Kremlin Wall
Borovitsky Gate partOf Kremlin Wall
this entity surface form: Kremlin fortification system
Towers of the Moscow Kremlin partOf Kremlin Wall
this entity surface form: Moscow Kremlin Wall
Pietro Antonio Solari workedOn Kremlin Wall
this entity surface form: Moscow Kremlin walls