Tsar Cannon The Kremlin Red Square Moscow

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Tsar Cannon The Kremlin Red Square Moscow Created in 1586 in Moscow s Cannon Court on the order of Tsar Feodor Ioannovich and never fired Located on the west side of Ivanov Square between the Ivan the Great Bell Tower complex and the Twelve Apostles Church With a caliber of 890 mm it is given the world s biggest cannon The gun weighs about 40 ton and is 5 34 meters long It is heavily adorned with friezes and inscriptions The four decorative cannonballs next to the cannon are hollow

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