Dmitrievskaya Tower

Dmitrievskaya Tower
The Dmitrievskaya Tower gleams in the mid-day sun.
General information
LocationNizhny Novgorod, Russia
Height33 metres (108 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Nikolay Sultanov (reconstruction in 1895)

The Dmitrievskaya Tower (Russian: Дмитриевская башня, romanized: Dmitrievskaya bashnya) is the main tower on the southern wall of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin which overlooks the Minin and Pozharsky Square. The tower named after a powerful Prince of Suzdal and Nizhny Novgorod Dmitry of Suzdal. Another version claims that the name gave a church which was sanctified of the name of Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki. This church was located opposite the tower.

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