Description

Known as the Kremlin chimes, this spectacular clock tower overlooks the Red Square of Moscow, Russia and offers a passage through the Kremlin’s eastern wall. It was built in 1491 by visiting Italian architect Pietro Antonino Solari.
The Spasskaya Tower is one of Moscow’s most emblematic landmarks. Its location on Red Square, next to Saint Basil’s Cathedral, makes it impossible for it to go unnoticed, and all who visit Moscow return home with snaps of it on their camera.

The enormous 20 foot (6 metre) diameter clock at the top of the tower not only marks the official Moscow time, but is also in charge of indicating the arrival of the New Year. The occasion brings thousands of citizens together each year under its watchful gaze, just like Big Ben in London or the clock in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol.