Architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Corner Arsenal Tower, roof

Moscow, Russia

Московский Кремль (Moskovskij Kreml') [Russian]
Арсенальная Угловая башня (Arsenal'naya Uglovaya bashnya) [Russian]
Moscow Kremlin, Corner Arsenal Tower, roof

Architecture

structure overview
Moscow Kremlin » Corner Arsenal Tower

Architecture: Corner Arsenal Tower

historic names
Sobakin Tower
Собакина башня (Sobakina bashnya) [Russian]
built
1492
1816-1819
architectural element(s)
fortified tower
architect / constr. phase
1492
Pietro Antonio Solari
original project
1816-1819
Joseph Bové
reconstruction after Napoleonic distruction

Architecture: Moscow Kremlin

built
1482-1495
1816-1819
culture
Russian
style/period
Early Muscovite Period
work type by function
imperial palace, presidential residence, governmental office building, museum, fortification
material
brick
technique
masonry
architect / constr. phase
1485-1495
Pietro Antonio Solari
walls and towers
1816-1819
Joseph Bové
reconstruction after Napoleonic destruction
patronage
Ivan III

Specifications

Specifications: Corner Arsenal Tower

height
60.0 m

Geography

Asia » Europe » Northern Asia » Eastern Europe » Russia » Central Federal District » Moscow Oblast » Moscow » Central Administrative Okrug » Tverskoy Rayon
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1495-1547
Grand Duchy of Moscow
1547-1721
Tsardom of Russia
1721-1917
Russian Empire
1917-1922
Russian SFSR
1922-1991
Soviet Union

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
3,040 × 5,109  pixel
25.7 × 43.3 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
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