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Menshikov Tower, Moscow

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#78 of 413 in Historic Sites in Moscow

Church Architectural Building

Menshikov Tower (Russian: Меншикова башня), also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthodox Church in Basmanny District of Moscow, within the Boulevard Ring. The church was initially built in 1707 to order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny assisted by Domenico Trezzini, a team of Italian-Swiss craftsmen from Ticino and Fribourg cantons and Russian stonemasons from Kostroma and Yaroslavl. The earliest extant Petrine Baroque building in Moscow, Menshikov Tower was substantially altered in the 1770s. The church traditionally functioned in summer only; in winter the congregation assembled in nearby Church of Theodor Stratelates, built in 1782–1806. Church of Saint Theodore also provides the bells for ritual ringing: despite its height, Menshikov Tower does not have bells.

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• By gentbrugg

  For the first time I saw this temple when we took advertizing materials printed for us in the neighboring printing house of the publishing house "Moskovskaya Pravda" that is located at the very...  more »

• By nikudango

  モスクワの街歩きで見た教会です。 平日の９：００ぐらいに行きましたが、入口の門が閉まっていたので近づいてその麗美なタワー場の鐘楼などをしっかりと見る事ができず残念でした。また教会の周囲には背の高いビルが多くベストショット的な場所もなかなか探せなかったのがさらに残念でした。  more »

  It is a church that I saw in the town walk of Moscow. I went there at about 9:00 on weekdays, but the gate of the entrance was closed, so I was sorry that I couldn't get close and see the bell tower of the beautiful tower. It was also a pity that there were many tall buildings around the church and it was difficult to find the best-shot place.
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