Still standing🛕 Temple & religious buildingMiddle Ages & early modern
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
The cathedral is a recognisable example of Russian religious architecture and urban symbolism. Its history also calls attention to the violent expansion of the Muscovite state and its consequences for conquered communities.
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Facts
- Place
- Moscow, Russia
- Civilisation / patron
- Tsardom of Russia under Ivan IV
- Built
- 1555 – 1561
- Status
- Still standing
- Height
- 65 m
- UNESCO World Heritage since
- 1990
- UNESCO World Heritage
History
The cathedral on Red Square was built to commemorate Ivan IV’s conquest of Kazan. Several chapels surround a central church and have markedly different dome forms. Its now-familiar colours and decorations developed partly in later building and painting phases. The building survived political upheavals and restorations and forms part of the World Heritage property of the Kremlin and Red Square.
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Sources: Wikipedia — Basiliuskathedraal