Originally named the Frolovskaya Tower after the Church of Frol and Lavr in the Kremlin, the Spasskaya Tower was built in 1491 by the Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari and was commissioned to be built by Ivan III — or Ivan the Great — the leader of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and the grandfather of Ivan the Terrible. The tower's modern name comes from the icon of 'Spas Nerukotvorny,' translated as 'The Savior Not Made by Hands,' which was placed above the gates on the inside wall in 1658 and removed in 1917.

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