The 40-tonne Tsar Cannon was cast in 1586 by the blacksmith Ivan Chokhov for Fyodor I, whose portrait is on the barrel. Shot has never sullied its 89cm bore and certainly not the cannonballs beside it, which are too big even for this elephantine firearm.
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The Armoury dates to 1511, when it was founded under Vasily III to manufacture and store weapons, imperial arms and regalia for the royal court. Later it鈥
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This is Moscow鈥檚 premier foreign-art museum, split over three branches and showing off a broad selection of European works, including masterpieces from鈥
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At the southern end of Red Square stands the icon of Russia: St Basil鈥檚 Cathedral. This crazy confusion of colours, patterns and shapes is the culmination鈥
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The apex of Russian political power and once the centre of the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin is the kernel of not only Moscow, but of the whole country鈥
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Although Vladimir Ilych requested that he be buried beside his mum in St Petersburg, he still lies in state at the foot of the Kremlin wall, receiving鈥
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Moscow's main city escape isn't your conventional expanse of nature preserved inside an urban jungle. It's not a fun fair either, though it used to be one鈥
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Immediately outside the Kremlin鈥檚 northeastern wall is the celebrated Red Square, the 400m-by-150m area of cobblestones that is at the very heart of鈥
State Tretyakov Gallery Main Branch
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The exotic boyar (high-ranking noble) castle on a little lane in Zamoskvorechie contains the main branch of the State Tretyakov Gallery, housing the world鈥
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Built for Patriarch Nikon mostly in the mid-17th century, the highlight of the Patriarch鈥檚 Palace is perhaps the ceremonial Cross Hall (袣褉械褋褌芯胁邪褟 锌邪谢邪褌邪),鈥
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With its two golden domes rising above the eastern side of Sobornaya pl, the Ivan the Great Bell Tower is the Kremlin's tallest structure 鈥 a landmark鈥
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On the northern side of Sobornaya pl, with five golden helmet domes and four semicircular gables, the Assumption Cathedral is the focal church of pre鈥
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Beside (not inside) the Ivan the Great Bell Tower stands the world鈥檚 biggest bell, a 202-tonne monster that has never rung. Bas-reliefs of Empress Anna鈥
5. Church of the Deposition of the Robe
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This delicate single-domed church was built between 1484 and 1486 in exclusively Russian style. It was the private chapel of the heads of the Church, who鈥
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Named for its Italian Renaissance stone facing, the Hall of Facets was designed and built by Marco Ruffo and Pietro Solario between 1487 and 1491, during鈥
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The Archangel Cathedral at the southeastern corner of Sobornaya pl was for centuries the coronation, wedding and burial church of tsars. It was built by鈥
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The bombastic marble, glass and concrete State Kremlin Palace, built between 1960 and 1961 for Communist Party congresses, is now home to the Kremlin鈥