Saint Basil’s Cathedral, Red Square Moscow

The Saint Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow, is probably the most prominent & recognizable Russian architecture and world-famous landmark. It is shaped like a rising flame with a strikingly ornate red brick building, crowned with colored onion domes. Most people would say and it’s obvious that it is not the building’s interior artifacts that attract visitors, but rather the Cathedral’s exterior distinctive architecture.

It is originally known as Trinity Church, but now commonly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral or The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed; it is now serves as a museum.

This Church is located in Red Square in Moscow built in 1555–1561, under the orders of Tsar Ivan IV, who is also known as “Ivan the Terrible”. He commissioned the building of the Cathedral to celebrate his victory and commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan.

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