st petersburg cathedral Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/st-petersburg-cathedral Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:03:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 St. Basil’s Cathedral MOSCOW, RUSSIA http://toursmaps.com/st-basils-cathedral-moscow-russia.html http://toursmaps.com/st-basils-cathedral-moscow-russia.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 23:59:32 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221151 POSTNIK YAKOVLEV This unique building, usually known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, but more correctly called the Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, is one of Russia’s most distinctive sights. Built by Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) to commemorate his defeat of the Mongols at the Battle of Kazan in 1552, it stands just outside the Kremlin in Red Square, in the heart of Moscow. Its extraordinary onion-shaped domes, painted in bright colors, create a memorable skyline, making St. Basil’s a symbol both of Moscow and of Russia as a whole. Although the cathedral looks

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