architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Borovitskaya Tower

Moscow, Russia

Боровицкая башня (Borovickaya bashnya) [Russian]

Architecture

higher-level structure
Moscow Kremlin
built
1490
1817-1819
work type by function
tower
architect
Pietro Antonio Solari
patronage
Vasili III

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

height
54.1 m

Specification: Moscow Kremlin

area
2,770,000 m²

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
Moscow Kremlin, Borovitskaya Tower, northwest elevation
Moscow Kremlin, Borovitskaya Tower, northwest elevation Moscow, Russia
Moscow Kremlin, Borovitskaya Tower, west elevation
Moscow Kremlin, Borovitskaya Tower, west elevation Moscow, Russia