Marco Ruffo as known as Marco Fryazin (Марк Фрязин,
Марко Фрязин and Марко Руффо in Russian) was an
Italian architect active in
Moscow

Moscow in the 15th century.
The Fryazin title originates from the old Russian word фрязь
(fryaz), derived from frank, that was used to denote people from
Northern Italy. Beside Marco Ruffo, at least three contemporary
Italians had this nickname in Russia: Antonio Fryazin (Antonio
Gislardi), Bon Fryazin (Marco Bon), Aleviz Fryazin (Aloisio da
Milano).
One of the chronicles says that
Marco Ruffo worked in
Moscow

Moscow in
1485–1495 at the invitation of Ivan III. He built a number of the
Kremlin towers, including the Beklemishevskaya, Spasskaya and
Nikolskaya towers. In 1491, together with Pietro Antonio Solari, Marco
Ruffo finished the construction of the Palace of Facets.
In December 1991, in Moscow,
UNESCO
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UNESCO celebrated Palace of Facets' 500th
jubilee.
References[edit]
Moscow

Moscow Academy of Architecture, РУССКОЕ
ГРАДОСТРОИТЕЛЬНОЕ ИСКУСТВО, Strojizdat, 1993
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WorldCat Identities
VIAF: 13489628
GND: 133074714
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