5607 x 3738 px | 47,5 x 31,6 cm | 18,7 x 12,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
5. Juni 2013
Ort:
Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
Weitere Informationen:
Moscow Kremlin Tour - 24. Tsar cannon of the Kremlin. Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, June 05, 2013. The cannon was cast in 1586 by the Russian gun maker Andrey Chokhov. The cannon has been never used for military purposes though traces has been found of one or two test shots using 800 kg of stone chips. Four cannonballs were made in 1834 just for fun and decorative purposes. The cannon is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest bombard by caliber in the world. It is made of bronze, is 5.94 meters (19.5 ft) long, weighs 39.312 tonnes, the internal diameter of the barrel is 890 mm (35.0 in), the external diameter - 1200 mm (47.2 in). The cannon was restored in 1980. A copy (though with some differences) of the cannon was made in 2002 and was given as a gift to he Ukrainian city of Donetsk and placed by the city hall. Here you see domes of Annunciation cathedral (left) and Assumption cathedral (right)
