Saint Basil's Cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), known in English as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, or Pokrovsky Cathedral. It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. Its completion, with its colors, was made in 1683. It was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.
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| Year consecrated | 12 July 1561
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| Status | Active
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ARCHITECTURE
| Architect | Barma and Postnik Yakovlev
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| Type | Cultural
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| Groundbreaking | 1555
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SPECIFICATIONS
| Height | 47.5 metres (156 ft)
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| Dome | 10
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| Dome height | ff
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| Spire | 2
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