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Moscow: more of the See list
Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Moscow: 7 stops, about 0.2 km and 38 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.
7 stops · 211 m · about 38 min on foot · Wikivoyage source · fetched 2026-11-07 02:06:49 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.
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Ivan the Great Bell Tower
Total height of 8 m, built in 1508. It is made of brick. The tower itself consists of three octagonal drums, narrowing towards the top, and surmounted by a golden dome and 7-m-high cross. Each section has cut-out windows for the bells. Inside the tower, a 329-step spiral staircase leads to the highest observation deck. A top drum decorated with a dome and cross. On the third floor of the building is a small chapel founded in the 19th century.
55.75083, 37.61806 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Tsar Bell
It is a 6.14 m tall, 6.6 m diameter bell. Made of bronze, the bell was broken during metal casting and has never been rung in. It is the largest bell in the world, weighing 201.9 tonnes, with a height of 6.14 m and diameter of 6.6 m, and thickness of up to 61 cm. The broken piece weighs 11.5 tonnes.
55.75083, 37.61833 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Tsar Cannon
It is a large, 5.94m long and weighs 39.31t cannon. Its bronze-cast barrel has an internal diameter of 890mm, and an external diameter of 1.2 m. It was cast in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. The spherical cast-iron projectiles in front of the cannon - each of which weighs approximately 1 tonne, made in 1834.
55.75146, 37.61793 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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The Kremlin
This gigantic site should not be missed. The Diamond collection in the Armoury is worth a visit on its own. There are several stunning churches that warrant a visit. Choose one or two to go inside, then enjoy the rest from the gardens. If you get a chance, the ballet in the Conference Centre has some very cheap matinee performances (and you can change seats in the interval). Amateur photography and videotaping is prohibited indoors and free outdoors.- Part of UNESCO World Heritage List. Every Saturday in the summer, the Kremlin Regiment holds the Horse and Foot Guards Mounting Ceremony in Cath
55.75167, 37.61778 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Church of the Twelve Apostels in the Kremlin
1656. Russian Orthodox.
55.75139, 37.61722 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Church of the Twelve Apostles and the Patriarch’s Palace
A minor cathedral. The church placement upon a high pediment, pierced by two large arches allowing passage from the Cathedral Square to the patriarch's courtyard. It was a stately residence in 1653. Now a museum of applied arts. There is a delightful 17th-century iconostasis.
55.75111, 37.61722 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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Dormition Cathedral
The Cathedral is regarded as the mother church of Muscovite Russia. In its present form it was constructed between 1475–79 at the behest of the Moscow Grand Duke Ivan III by the Italian architect Aristotele Fioravanti. From 1547 to 1896 it was where the Coronation of the Russian monarch was held and it is the burial place for most of the Moscow Metropolitans and Patriarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church. A tremendous 6 pillared building with 5 apses and 5 domes. It made extensive use of limestone masonry on a high limestone base, and was laid out as a three nave church with a vaulted cross-dom
55.75111, 37.61694 · OpenStreetMap · Wikivoyage note · place page
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