Sunday 18 September 2016

The Bell Tower of St. John's Church at the Pine Forest in Moscow



Moscow. The bell tower of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist.
Dmitry Ivanov. 2015. CC-BY-SA 4.0. The description of the photo →
Moscow. The bell tower of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist at the Pine Forest (Russian: Храм Усекновения Главы Иоанна Предтечи под Бором). The end of the 18th century.
A view from Pyatnitskaya Street.
A notable feature of this bell tower, built in traditions of the early Classicism with some elements of the Baroque, is different stylistics of its levels. Columns of the lover level (they are not seen on this photograph) are in the Doric style, the medium level is built according to the Ionic order, the columns of the upper level are the most spectacular, they have Corinthian capitals.

The location of the bell tower of the Church of the Beheading of John the Baptist: