Architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Trinity Tower, west elevation

Moscow, Russia

Московский Кремль (Moskovskij Kreml') [Russian]
Троицкая башня (Troickaya bashnya) [Russian]
Moscow Kremlin, Trinity Tower, west elevation

Architecture

structure overview
Moscow Kremlin » Trinity Tower

Architecture: Trinity Tower

historic names
Epiphany Tower
Богоявленская башня (Bogoyavlenskaya bashnya) [Russian]
Rizopolozhenskaya Tower
Ризоположенская башня (Rizopolozhenskaya bashnya) [Russian]
Znamenskaya Tower
Знаменская башня (Znamenskaya bashnya) [Russian]
Kuretnaya Tower
Куретная башня (Kuretnaya bashnya) [Russian]
built
1495-1499
1868-1870
culture
Russian
architectural element(s)
fortified tower
architect
Aloisio da Carcano

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: Trinity Tower

height
80.1 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

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
545

Image characteristics

maximum image resolution
3,444 × 5,325  pixel
29.2 × 45.1 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
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