The Great Lavra Bell Tower or the Great Belfry (Ukrainian: Велика Лаврська дзвіниця, Russian: Большая Лаврская колокольня) is the main bell tower of the ancient cave monastery of Kyiv Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The Great Lavra Bell Tower is a Neoclassical architecture construction with a total of four tiers, surmounted by a gilded dome.
On the fourth tier there is a chiming clock, manufactured in 1903, which has a total weight of 4.5 tons.
[3] The clock has stopped only once during its existence: it happened in September 1941 when the Dormition Cathedral of the Pechersk Lavra was blown up by army forces during the Second World War.
[4] However, it has been observed that its accuracy depends on the time of the year: in the winter, the clock works somewhat slower than in the summertime.