Menshikov Tower
Basmanny District, Russia
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Menshikov Tower, also known as the Church of the Archangel Gabriel, is a Petrine Baroque Russian Orthodox church in Basmanny District, Moscow, within the Boulevard Ring. Built to the order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny with Domenico Trezzini, it is the earliest extant Petrine Baroque building in Moscow. It was substantially altered in the 1770s, and it has no bells.
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- Built
- Type
- church building, architectural landmark
- Heritage
- federal cultural heritage site in Russia
- Place
- Basmanny District, Russia
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