• The Ivan the Great Bell Tower is an ensemble with three components. ... The Ivan the Great Bell Tower today contains 22 bells.
  • The Ivan the Great Bell Tower was erected between 1505-1508 by architect Bon Fryazin, during the reign of Grand Duke Ivan III.
  • The history of the church-bell tower of Ivan the Great officially begins in 1329, when the church of Ivan Climacus was built on the site of today's church...
  • There's a beautiful view you can enjoy from the top of the tower, but to do this, you have to follow 329 steps of its staircase.
  • The architectural dominant of the Cathedral Square of the Moscow Kremlin, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower has been standing in the very heart of Moscow for more...
  • The lower floor of the bell tower was re-established as the temple of the Saint John Climacus. That is why the bell tower was called Ivan (John) the Great.
  • Fyodor Alekseyev/ Ivan the Great Bell Tower and Chudov Monastery in the Kremlin.
  • It is made up of three bodies built in different phases: the Ivan the Great Bell Tower, the Assumption Belfry and Filaret’s Annex. The oldest part is the Ivan the...
  • ...of the Archangel St. Gabriel also known as the Menshikov tower at the Chistiye Prudy, which bell tower was 3 meters taller than the Ivan the Great Bell Tower.
  • Located in the heart of the Kremlin complex, the bell tower was erected in the late 15th century by the orders of Russian Tsar Ivan III (the Great).