Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower

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Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower, (part of Kremlin) or Kolokol’nya Ivana Velikogo is one of the symbols of the Christian Church. The legend says that catholic bishop Pavlin once walked around the meadow and saw a bellflower; this inspired him to make a church bell. But neither Assumption cathedral, nor the Archangel or Annunciation cathedrals have their own bell buildings. That was why in 1508 Italian architect Bon Fryazin erected the bell tower on Sobornaya square. It served as a belfry for these three great churches. By order of Boris Godunov, a century later, the third and final level was completed making the tower the highest building in Moscow. Until the XIX century in Moscow it was prohibited to erect buildings higher than 81 m (243 ft) to leave the Ivan the Great’s Bell Tower the highest building of the city. The first building to exceed this height restriction was the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in 1883.

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