The Moscow Kremlin was white for a long time.

1485 · 1812 · apart: 327 years

Italian builders raised its walls in red brick, but from the late 17th century they were whitewashed, and the red only reappeared by the early 20th century.

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• Building the brick walls of the Moscow Kremlin1485–1495 · Moscow Kremlin. In 1485–1495, under Ivan III, Italian masters including Pietro Antonio Solari built the new brick walls and towers of the Moscow Kremlin. The fortress survives to this day.

15th century · 19th century

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