Photo Tour of the Moscow Kremlin
By Kerry Kubilius, About.com
Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Moscow Kremlin
Kremlin Bell Tower, Moscow
Vladimir Salazkin © 2006
For 600 years, a bell tower has always stood at the site of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. Boris Gudonov ordered it to be heightened so that it would be the tallest building in Moscow. Until the 19th century, no buildings in Moscow were permitted to be taller than the the Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
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- Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin
- Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow Kremlin
- Annunciation Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin
- Cathedral of the Archangel, Moscow Kremlin
- Ivan the Great Bell Tower, Moscow Kremlin
- Tsar Bell, Moscow Kremlin
- The Upper Savior's Cathedral and Terem Palace Churches
- The Senate Building, Moscow Kremlin
- Tsar Cannon, Moscow Kremlin
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