There was not large Ivanov Bell-Tower in the centre of the Kremlin at the beginning of the 14-th century under the Grand Prince Ivan the Moneybag. In due course it was in a bad state of disrepair and on the order of the Prince Ivan III a stone bell-tower was errected at the same place. Under the Tsar Boris Godunov two tiers were built on the bell-tower and the dome became golden. Now the height of it is 81 metres. The tower consists of three sections, combined into a single harmonic whole. It needs 329 steps to climb to the dome, from which there are splendid views of Moscow. It is said that the tower's foundations go down to a depth of just over four metres below ground level. Later two belfries were attached to the bell-tower with more than 20 bells.
Now Ivan the Great Bell-Tower is a world-famous monument of the 16-th century Russian architecture. It is the main compositional focal point of the Kremlin ensemble. It unites around it, so to say, all the various buildings of different periods and styles.
There was not large Ivanov Bell-Tower in the centre of the Kremlin at the beginning of the 14-th century under the Grand Prince Ivan the Moneybag. In due course it was in a bad state of disrepair and on the order of the Prince Ivan III a stone bell-tower was errected at the same place. Under the Tsar Boris Godunov two tiers were built on the bell-tower and the dome became golden. Now the height of it is 81 metres. The tower consists of three sections, combined into a single harmonic whole. It needs 329 steps to climb to the dome, from which there are splendid views of Moscow. It is said that the tower's foundations go down to a depth of just over four metres below ground level. Later two belfries were attached to the bell-tower with more than 20 bells.