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Spasskaya Tower
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General information
LocationMoscow, Russia
Opened1491; 533 years ago (1491)
Height71 metres (233 ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Pietro Antonio Solari
Spasskaya tower at night, December 2015

The Spasskaya Tower (Russian: Спасская башня, romanized: Spasskaya bashnya), also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square.

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