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Marco Ruffo (Russian:Марко Руффо), also known asMarco Fryazin (Russian:Марк Фрязин, Марко Фрязин), was an Italianarchitect active inMoscow in the 15th century.
The Fryazin title originates from the old Russian wordфрязь (fryaz), derived fromfrank, 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 thechronicles says that Marco Ruffo worked in Moscow in 1485–1495 at the invitation ofIvan III. He built a number of theKremlin towers, including theBeklemishevskaya,Spasskaya andNikolskaya towers. In 1491, together withPietro Antonio Solari, Marco Ruffo finished the construction of thePalace of Facets.
In December 1991, in Moscow,UNESCO celebrated 500th jubilee of the Palace of Facets.
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