From the history of the city it is known that the city was twice built up with a wooden defensive wall. She burned several times, rebuilt, but after the fire of 1711 the people refused to build a fortress. The architectural ensemble of the city fortress consisted of three important towers in economically defensive terms, which served as customs: Southern, Eastern and Northern. On the ashes of these towers, the grateful people built three bowing pillars in order to edify the descendants of the existence of the once stronghold. One of them, called the Valsky Pillar, has survived to this day. It stands on the street. Volodarsky on the shaft near the city museum. It is a monolithic quadrilateral, ending with a spire. Performed in the Baroque style, it is put on the site of the former South Trade Gate. The most important tower was the East Coast Driving Tower, which stood at the water's edge on Orlovsky Street on the corner of House No. 10. It was the main Customs. Sailboats gathered here, and merchants led a brisk trade. Here a pillar was placed in the form of a hollow chetverik, ending with a spire. This structure performed two functions - as a memorable sign and as a beacon, standing on a winter road from Moscow to Novgorod. From Moscow the winter road passed through the Volga system to Ostashkov. And from Ostashkov it passed along the eastern coast of the island of Klichen to Nilova Pustyn, then to Ostrogany through Khachin Island along the Khretensky bow on the Polonovka river to Polnovo, then the Valdai, Ilmen and Veliky Novgorod lakes. On this pillar in Ostashkov, on the spire of the entrance Svetlitskaya tower - the entrance gate of the Nile Desert and at the lighthouse in the monastery of the village of Polnovo in any weather, always lit a fire. The light from these lighthouses more than once rejoiced the look of a stray wanderer or conductor of a convoy. At the end of 1930, while laying the water intake pipes in the newly built bath, the Val column was on the way and was demolished. The third commemorative sign was built at the intersection of Uritsky Street and Chaikin Lane. It was built in the form of a one-domed chapel - octagon, in the style of classicism with three windows and a door. On the walls - painting, icons. It was standing next to the pier of the Zvezda enterprise (formerly the Nilovskaya monastery pier), where there is now a large garage. It housed the icon of St. Barbara the Great Martyr, the patroness of sailors, water experts and fishermen. The icon always burned a lamp and on rainy days the fishermen prayed and asked for protection from their patroness. This chapel was demolished after the nationalization of water transport and fisheries. Prevent the movement.
From the history of the city it is known that the city was twice built up with a wooden defensive wall. She burned several times, rebuilt, but after the fire of 1711 the people refused to build a fortress. The architectural ensemble of the city fortress consisted of three important towers in economically defensive terms, which served as customs: Southern, Eastern and Northern. On the ashes of these towers, the grateful people built three bowing pillars in order to edify the descendants of the existence of the once stronghold. One of them, called the Valsky Pillar, has survived to this day. It stands on the street. Volodarsky on the shaft near the city museum. It is a monolithic quadrilateral, ending with a spire. Performed in the Baroque style, it is put on the site of the former South Trade Gate. The most important tower was the East Coast Driving Tower, which stood at the water's edge on Orlovsky Street on the corner of House No. 10. It was the main Customs. Sailboats gathered here, and merchants led a brisk trade. Here a pillar was placed in the form of a hollow chetverik, ending with a spire. This structure performed two functions - as a memorable sign and as a beacon, standing on a winter road from Moscow to Novgorod. From Moscow the winter road passed through the Volga system to Ostashkov. And from Ostashkov it passed along the eastern coast of the island of Klichen to Nilova Pustyn, then to Ostrogany through Khachin Island along the Khretensky bow on the Polonovka river to Polnovo, then the Valdai, Ilmen and Veliky Novgorod lakes. On this pillar in Ostashkov, on the spire of the entrance Svetlitskaya tower - the entrance gate of the Nile Desert and at the lighthouse in the monastery of the village of Polnovo in any weather, always lit a fire. The light from these lighthouses more than once rejoiced the look of a stray wanderer or conductor of a convoy. At the end of 1930, while laying the water intake pipes in the newly built bath, the Val column was on the way and was demolished. The third commemorative sign was built at the intersection of Uritsky Street and Chaikin Lane. It was built in the form of a one-domed chapel - octagon, in the style of classicism with three windows and a door. On the walls - painting, icons. It was standing next to the pier of the Zvezda enterprise (formerly the Nilovskaya monastery pier), where there is now a large garage. It housed the icon of St. Barbara the Great Martyr, the patroness of sailors, water experts and fishermen. The icon always burned a lamp and on rainy days the fishermen prayed and asked for protection from their patroness. This chapel was demolished after the nationalization of water transport and fisheries. Prevent the movement.