Nikitskaya Tower, Defense tower at Tula Kremlin, Russia.

The Nikitskaya Tower is a round, blind tower at the southern corner of the Tula Kremlin, built between 1514 and 1520. Inside, it has two wooden bridges and a stone vault over the lower tier, where the "powder and lead treasury" was kept in 1676.

The Nikitskaya Tower belongs to the Tula Kremlin, built between 1514 and 1520. In 1676 the lower tier, covered by a stone vault and reached by two wooden bridges inside the tower, held the "powder and lead treasury". Researchers believe a torture chamber operated in the tower in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

The name comes from the Nikitsky End, the district the tower faced, which was itself named after the Church of Nikita the Great Martyr. The tower is round and blind, with two wooden bridges inside and a stone vault over the lower tier, where in 1676 the "powder and lead treasury" was kept.

The tower stands at the southern corner of the Tula Kremlin and is a round, blind structure with no outer openings, so it is seen from the outside rather than entered. Inside it has two wooden bridges and a stone vault over the lower tier. Look for it while walking the Kremlin walls and grounds.

The tower is blind and round, with no gate, and stands at the southern corner of the Tula Kremlin. Inside, two wooden bridges and a stone vault over the lower tier held the "powder and lead treasury" in 1676. Researchers believe a torture chamber operated here in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.