Walls
Red brick.
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The Tula Kremlin is a fortress in the centre of Tula, south of Moscow, built in the early 16th century on the left bank of the Upa river, about 174 km south of Moscow in a straight line. In 1507 Vasily III ordered an oak fortress built in Tula, and in 1514 he ordered a «stone city» inside it modelled on the Moscow Kremlin, finished in 1520 or 1521. Inside stand two cathedrals: the Assumption Cathedral of 1762–1766 and the Epiphany Cathedral of 1855–1863. The rectangular red-brick walls run with battlements and inner arches, topped by towers with pointed green roofs, around a wide green square with paths and trees, the two cathedrals with their domes at its centre. Visitors walk the square and the upper walkway along the walls, visit the museums in the towers and cathedral, then stroll to the old trading street next door. It pairs well with Tolstoy's estate at nearby Yasnaya Polyana. The UK Foreign Office advises against all travel to Russia, and non-Russian bank cards may not work, so read the current advice before you plan.
Red brick.
Along the top.
Green roofs.
Central Tula, Russia
Yes, with a ticket.
Yasnaya Polyana.