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GetCOO | Ivan the Great Bell-Tower

Ivan the Great Bell-Tower

The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is the tallest of the towers in the Moscow Kremlin complex, (height 81 m, 266 ft). It was built in 1508 for the Russian Orthodox cathedrals in Cathedral Square, namely the Assumption, Archangel and Annunciation cathedrals, which don’t have their own belfries. From 1329, Moscow's first stone bell tower stood on this site, affiliated with the Church of St. Ivan of the Ladder-under-the Bell, hence the name "Ivan" in the title. The church was erected by Grand Duke Ivan Kalita, and was one of the first to be built in Moscow out of stone, rather than wood. During Grand Duke Ivan III’s major renovation of the Kremlin, he hired an Italian architect to replace the church