Taynitskaya tower of the Kazan Kremlin, Kazan, Respublika Tatarstan, Russia
The tower is so called, because there was a secret passage underneath to a source supplying water to khan ‘s courtyard. It was blown up during the siege of Kazan in 1552, which precipitated the fall of the city. On August 4, 1552 2 days after the capture of Kazan Ivan the Terrible entered the destroyed khan ‘s fortress.
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