Great Bell Tower

Great Bell Tower in Moscow Kremlin. View from the southwest.
Photo by N.I.Zharkikh, August 31, 1981.

There is complex of three buildings displayed on the photo. Left – Filaret's extension (1814 – 1815) on the place of the 17-century bell tower. In the center – the Assumption Belfry, built in 1814 – 1815 on the older site (16 century). Right – actually Ivan the Great Bell Tower, built in 1505 – 1508 and built on at the end of 16 century to a height of 81 m. Long time it was the tallest building in all of Russia.