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The Ivan the Great Bell Tower (Russian: Колокольня Иван Великий, romanized: Kolokol'nya Ivan Velikiy) is a church tower inside the Moscow Kremlin complex. With a total height of 81 metres (266 ft), it is the tallest tower and structure of the Kremlin.
FILARET'S ANNEX. The 'Ivan the Great' Bell Tower complex situated at the boundary between the Cathedral Square and Ivanovskaya Square is the focal point of the Kremlin. It took more than three centuries to create this ensemble—from 1505 to 1815. It includes three monuments built at different times— the tower of the 'Ivan the Great' Bell ...
As the ‘Ivan the Great’ Bell Tower has been the composition centre of the entire Kremlin ensemble for the last five hundred years, it was chosen to house ancient artefacts. Besides, the features of its multi-tier construction allow visitors, like an archaeologist, climb from the lower ‘eldest archaeological layers’ to the upper ones ...
An ensemble of the 'Ivan the Great' Bell Tower, Assumption Belfry and Filaret Annex has been an architectural focus of the city for centuries. The Museum of History of the Kremlin Architectural Ensemble is housed here. Architectural Ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin.
Ivan, the Great Bell Tower, is called the first skyscraper of Moscow – its height is 81 meters, and because of this, it could also be used as a watchtower. There's a beautiful view you can enjoy from the top of the tower, but to do this, you have to follow 329 steps of its staircase.
The ‘Ivan the Great’ Bell Tower was built in 1505-1508 on the site of a white-stone Church bell tower of St John Climacus, erected in the times of Ivan Kalita at the Cathedral Square. An Italian architect Bon Fryazin constructed an approximately 60-meter-tall octagonal building complete with a dome.
Russia, Europe. Moscow. With its two golden domes rising above the eastern side of Sobornaya pl, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower is the Kremlin's tallest structure – a landmark visible from 30km away. Before the 20th century it was forbidden to build any higher in Moscow.
