Buildings in the Kremlin
The Ivan the Great Bell Tower complex

The Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex. Panorama of the eastern facade
The Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex is the key of the Moscow Kremlin’s composition. It separates Cathedral Square from Ivanov Square. The ensemble had been constructed for over than three centuries – from 1505 till 1815. It includes three objects of different time: the pillar of the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower, the Uspenskaya (Assumption) Belfry and the Filaret’s Annex.

 

The Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex. View from the north-east
Kremlinograd. Kremlin map. The Ivan the Great Bell-Tower and the Belfry. Early 1600-s. Fragment.
View of the Ivan the Great Bell-Tower complex from the Faceted Chamber. Engraving of the late XVIIIth century.