There is Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Red Square in Moscow. It is one of the outstanding symbols of the Russian Federation. It was built from 1555-1561 on orders from the tsar Ivan the Terrible by Russian architects Barma and Postnik to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.
The architecture of the cathedral is unique and amazing; it attracts the attention of historians, culture specialists, fine art experts and tourists.
The cathedral is an ensemble of eight churches of different shapes topped with onion domes that are traditional for the Russian architecture.
Each church is named in honor of the saint in whose memorable day there was an important event during the campaigns of the tsar Ivan the Terrible to Kazan. The central church is dedicated to the Eastern Orthodox feast of the Protection of the Theotokos. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat.
There is a legend that when Ivan the Terrible saw the cathedral of such an amazing beauty, he ordered to blind the masters, so that they were unable to repeat their masterpiece.
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