Spasskiye Gate

The Spasskaya Tower, also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall of the which overlooks .
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: tower of the Moscow Kremlin
  • Also known as: “Spasskaya Tower”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tsar Cannon and Tsar Bell.

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The is a large early modern period artillery piece on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. is situated 260 metres southwest of Spasskiye Gate.

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The , also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre-tall, 6.6-metre-diameter bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. is situated 280 metres southwest of Spasskiye Gate.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house in , , originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolution it was a part of the Imperial Theatres of the Russian Empire along with Maly Theatre in Moscow and a few theatres in Saint Petersburg. is situated 1 km north of Spasskiye Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outskirts and Moscow.

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The Moscow include areas from 's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.

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Since its founding in 1147, has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.

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Central Administrative Okrug, or Tsentralny Administrativny Okrug, is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of , . Population: 772,258 ; 741,967 ; 701,353 .

Spasskiye Gate

Latitude
55.75262° or 55° 45′ 9″ north
Longitude
37.62154° or 37° 37′ 18″ east
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Spasskiye Gate” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج سباسكايا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Spasskaya qülləsi”
  • Belarusian: “Спаская вежа”
  • Catalan: “Torre del Salvador”
  • Chinese: “斯巴斯克塔”
  • Chinese: “斯帕斯基门”
  • Chuvash: “Сăпас турулĕ”
  • Czech: “Spasská brána”
  • Czech: “Spasská věž”
  • Dutch: “Spasskaja basjnja”
  • Finnish: “Spasskaja-torni”
  • French: “tour du Sauveur”
  • French: “Tour du Sauveur”
  • French: “tour Spasskaïa”
  • German: “Erlöserturm”
  • German: “Frolowturm”
  • German: “Spasski-Turm”
  • Hebrew: “מגדל ספאסקאיה”
  • Hungarian: “Szpasszkaja bástya”
  • Hungarian: “Szpasszkaja torony”
  • Indonesian: “Menara Spasskaya”
  • Italian: “Torre Spasskaja”
  • Japanese: “スパスカヤ塔”
  • Korean: “스파스카야탑”
  • Macedonian: “Спаска кула”
  • Persian: “برج اسپاسکایا”
  • Polish: “Baszta Spasska”
  • Portuguese: “Torre do Salvador”
  • Russian: “Спасская башня”
  • Russian: “Спасские ворота”
  • Russian: “Фроловская башня”
  • Serbian: “Spasiteljeva kula”
  • Serbian: “Спаситељева кула”
  • Slovak: “Spasská veža”
  • Slovenian: “Odrešenikov stolp”
  • Spanish: “Torre Spasskaya”
  • Swedish: “Spasskaja-tornet”
  • Swedish: “Spasskajatornet”
  • Swedish: “Spasskaya Tornet”
  • Swedish: “Spasskaya-tornet”
  • Turkish: “Spasskaya Kulesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Спаська вежа”
  • Urdu: “سپاسکائیا ٹاور”

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