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NOVGOROD - RUSSIA

  
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Bell tower behind St Sophia Cathedral. The tower was originally built in three days in 1439 and fell into the river in 1473. This reconstruction dates from the 15th -17th centuries. There used to be pyramids above the six columns. It became a model for bell towers in Moscow, Rostov and Tikvin.

 
     

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