Syuyumbike tower is located on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin complex and is one of the main attractions of the city of Kazan.
Its popularity is due to the interesting history and legends, connected with it, as well as the fact that it is falling. The 58-metre tower is often called the architectural symbol of not only the capital but of the whole of Tatarstan. It was built in the seventeenth century. Like the famous leaning tower of Pisa the Syuyumbike tower is also a so-called "falling" tower, and the deviation from the vertical axis is about 2 meters. (The Syuyumbike tower is two metres higher than the tower of Pisa in Italy).
Syuyumbike is a female name and it means "beloved Queen" of the people of Kazan in the 16th century. Indeed, Syuyumbike was a beautiful and noble educated woman, the widow of the Khan, ruined in the struggle for the throne. According to one of the legends it was she who ordered to build this tower in the memory of her beloved husband. According to another legend she went upstairs of the tower and threw herself from the top on the ground and died. Since then, the tower was called after her.
THE LEANING TOWER SYUYUMBIKE IN KAZAN
Syuyumbike tower is located on the territory of the Kazan Kremlin complex and is one of the main attractions of the city of Kazan.
Its popularity is due to the interesting history and legends, connected with it, as well as the fact that it is falling. The 58-metre tower is often called the architectural symbol of not only the capital but of the whole of Tatarstan. It was built in the seventeenth century. Like the famous leaning tower of Pisa the Syuyumbike tower is also a so-called "falling" tower, and the deviation from the vertical axis is about 2 meters. (The Syuyumbike tower is two metres higher than the tower of Pisa in Italy).
Syuyumbike is a female name and it means "beloved Queen" of the people of Kazan in the 16th century. Indeed, Syuyumbike was a beautiful and noble educated woman, the widow of the Khan, ruined in the struggle for the throne. According to one of the legends it was she who ordered to build this tower in the memory of her beloved husband. According to another legend she went upstairs of the tower and threw herself from the top on the ground and died. Since then, the tower was called after her.
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