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St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square

St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square

St. Basil's Cathedral at Red Square

St. Basil's Cathedral by night

The cathedral consists of 8 individual chapels with a 9th center chapel dedicated to St, Basil.

St. Basil Cathedral was built by Ivan the Terrible, a Russian Czar and is an irreplaceable symbol of Russian architecture.

The cathedral was erected in 1555-1561 by order Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

The cathedral has been renovated for long period of time.

The cathedral has a symmetric composition of ten churches - towers, raised on one common base.

One of the towers has a beautiful ceiling.

There are souvenirs sold inside the cathedral, which sort of reduces the impression of the 500 year old museum.

There are many relics of applied arts in the museum.

The stairs and paths between towers are beautifully painted.

The cathedral is called St Basil, because of a tenth tower, which was build over a grave of St. Basil in 1558.

It is very exciting to walk the same floor as tsars did centuries ago.

One of the beautiful icons on the first floor.

This golden icon wall is in the major tower.

The museum has a unique collection of icons and frescos from XVI-XIX centuries.

The architecture of the cathedral is unique.

St. Basil Cathedral is sometimes called Pokrovsky Cathedral.

One of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world, St Basil is a must to visit.

View of the gorgeous St. Basil cathedral at night.

The Porkovsky (St Basil) cathedral was originally built to commemorate the victory over Kazan in 1552 on St. Pokrov's day.

St. Basil's chapel is in the center of the whole Cathedral and has the tallest spire over it.

It looks like a piece of cake, but really it's a lot more colorful on the outside than on the inside.

The windows of the cathedral offer some fantastic views.

Hallways between the individual chapels inside the cathedral are decoratyed with 17th century designs.

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