Annunciation Cathedral and Syuyumbike Tower, Kazan, Russia, 22 August 2007
Annunciation Cathedral in the kremlin in Kazan.
Domes of Annunciation Cathedral.
Interior of Annunciation Cathedral.
Syuyumbike Tower. The Lonely Planet guide book says, "The slightly leaning 59m-high Syuyumbike Tower is named after a long-suffering princess who was married to three successive khans. Ivan the Terrible launched his siege of Kazan as a result of Syuyumbike's refusal to marry him -- according to legend. To save her city, the princess agreed to marry the tsar, but only if he could build a tower higher than any other mosque in Kazan in a week. Unfortunately for Syuyumbike, the tower was completed, driving her to jump to her death from its upper terrace shortly thereafter."
Syuyumbike Tower.
Entrance to Syuyumbike Tower
Annunciation Cathedral in the kremlin in Kazan.
Domes of Annunciation Cathedral.
Interior of Annunciation Cathedral.
Syuyumbike Tower. The Lonely Planet guide book says, "The slightly leaning 59m-high Syuyumbike Tower is named after a long-suffering princess who was married to three successive khans. Ivan the Terrible launched his siege of Kazan as a result of Syuyumbike's refusal to marry him -- according to legend. To save her city, the princess agreed to marry the tsar, but only if he could build a tower higher than any other mosque in Kazan in a week. Unfortunately for Syuyumbike, the tower was completed, driving her to jump to her death from its upper terrace shortly thereafter."
Syuyumbike Tower.
Entrance to Syuyumbike Tower