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  • Spasskaya TowerGrand Prince Ivan III the Great commissioned a new tower in 1491. Italian architect Pietro Antonio Solari arrived from Milan to begin work.
  • Red SquareIn 1493, Tsar Ivan the Great issued a decree to clear all buildings within 110 sazhens of the Kremlin wall. This action created an empty field that would…
  • Saint Basil's CathedralIn the autumn of 1554, Tsar Ivan IV issued a command to build a wooden Church of Intercession on the moat. This structure stood next to the existing Trinity…