Ivan the Great Bell Tower

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Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Колокольня Ивана Великого
Russian
Completed	1508; 516 years ago (1508)

The Ivan the Great Bell Tower (

Archangel and the Annunciation, which do not have their own belfries. It serves as a part of Moscow Kremlin Museums

History

From 1329,

Vasily III

. Vasilly also ordered that a new and unprecedentedly large tower be erected on the foundations of the old tower as a monument to honour his father.

The new bell tower, completed in 1508, originally had two belfries on different levels and a height of around 60 meters. Because of its height, the tower also served as an observation point against fires and the approach of enemies.

There's a popular yet disputable legend, that when

gilded iron cross. This cross resisted all attempts of French equipment and engineers to remove it from the tower. It was only after a Russian peasant volunteered to climb up to the dome that the cross was lowered on a rope. When he went up to Napoleon seeking a reward, the latter had him shot out of hand as a traitor to his fatherland.^[1]

^ "The War with Napoleon". Vladimir A Lagutin. 2003. Archived from the original on 2011-08-12.

Bibliography

Klein, Mina. The Kremlin: Citadel of History. MacMillan Publishing Company (1973).
ISBN 0-02-750830-7

Tropkin, Alexander. The Moscow Kremlin: history of Russia's unique monument. Publishing House "Russkaya Zhizn" (1980). ASIN: B0010XM7BQ

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Ivan the Great Bell Tower Complex – museum site

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Preceded by None	Tallest Building in the Russian Empire 1721—1733 81.1 m	Succeeded by Peter and Paul Cathedral
Preceded by None	Tallest Building in the Tsardom of Russia 1547—1721 81.1 m	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Troitskaya Tower	Tallest Building in the Grand Duchy of Moscow 1508—1547 81.1 m	Succeeded by None
Preceded by Troitskaya Tower	Tallest Building in Moscow 1508—1952 81.1 m	Succeeded by Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Building

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Administrative buildings	Kremlin Senate Kremlin Arsenal Amusement Palace State Kremlin Palace Grand Kremlin Palace Terem Palace The Armory Palace of Facets Tsarina's Golden Chamber State Historical Museum
Churches	Cathedral of the Assumption Cathedral of the Annunciation Cathedral of the Archangel Ivan the Great Bell Tower Church of the Deposition of the Robe Nativity Church Patriarch's Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles Verkhospassky Cathedral and the Terem Churches Saint Basil's Cathedral Kazan Cathedral
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