Tsar Cannon

Tverskoy District, Russia · built 1586

The Tsar Cannon (Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. However, the cannon bears traces of at least one firing. Per the Guinness Book of Records it is the largest bombard by caliber in the world, and it is a major tourist attraction in the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin.

Google Maps ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Monument data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other archaeological sites in Russia

1905 Square Yekaterinburg, Russia 9 towers Nazran, Russia Abez labor camp Abez, Russia Alexander Bestuzhev House Derbent, Russia Alexander Column Saint Petersburg, Russia Alexander Column Rostov Oblast, Russia Alexander Garden Obelisk Tverskoy District, Russia Alexievsky cross Russia