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      🏛 St Basil's Cathedral

      The 16th-century Cathedral of the Intercession with colourful onion domes, the symbol of Moscow at the edge of Red Square.

      St Basil's Cathedral
      © Anton Zelenov · CC BY-SA 3.0
      St Basil's Cathedral
      © Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The cathedral was built in 1555–1561 on the orders of Ivan the Terrible in memory of the capture of Kazan in 1552.
      • Its official name is the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God on the Moat.
      • According to the chronicle, it was built by the architects Barma and Postnik; they may be one person, Postnik Yakovlev, nicknamed Barma.
      • The chapel over the grave of the holy fool Basil the Blessed was added in 1588, and the church got its popular name from it.
      • The colourful painting of the domes appeared only in the 17th century; originally the church was red and white.
      • The legend of the architects blinded on the tsar's orders is not confirmed: Postnik later built in Kazan.
      • Since 1928 the cathedral has been a branch of the Historical Museum, and since 1991 services have been held in it again.

      Part of these routes

      • The Kremlin, Red Square and Zaryadye
      • All day: Kremlin, Red Square and an evening at the Bolshoi
      • Under the vaults of GUM to Varvarka via Zaryadye

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