architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya)

Moscow, Russia

Спасская башня (Spasskaya bashnya) [Russian]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Spasskaya Tower
historic names
Frolovskaya Tower
Фроловская башня (Frolovskaya bashnya) [Russian]
higher-level structure
Moscow Kremlin
built
1491
1624-1625
culture
Russian
architectural element(s)
tower, clock tower
architect / constr. phase
1491
Pietro Antonio Solari
original project
1624-1625

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
71.0 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
Grand Duchy of Moscow
1495-1547
Tsardom of Russia
1547-1721
Russian Empire
1721-1917
Russian SFSR
1917-1922
Soviet Union
1922-1991

UNESCO World Heritage Site

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
545
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), east elevation
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), east elevation Moscow, Russia
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), northeast elevation
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), northeast elevation Moscow, Russia
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), spire and clock
Moscow Kremlin, Saviour Tower (Spasskaya), spire and clock Moscow, Russia