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Tower and belfry

Defense tower and belfry of Novodevichy monastery (Moscow). View from the northeast.
Photo by N.I.Zharkikh, February 7, 1977.

Great six-storey belfry was built in 1690. It height – 72 m. It is also an example of "Naryshkin barocco" style.

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