St. Basil’s Cathedral – (The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed) – Red Square, Moscow, Russia – Built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible – The church is shaped like the flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no parallel in Russian architecture or Byzantine tradition.
Little known fact: the true name of the cathedral is Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat.
vivavoxSDsays
After the cathedral was finished, the architect was blinded by the orders from Ivan the Terrible so that he wouldn’t be able to build anything like that or better for anyone else.
Anna_K_1says
Visiting cathedral is a unique experience! Narrow gloomy halls, painted from bottom to the top with simple bionic ornaments, work as a time travel machine to 16th century!
MACKBA says
Little known fact: the true name of the cathedral is Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat.
vivavoxSD says
After the cathedral was finished, the architect was blinded by the orders from Ivan the Terrible so that he wouldn’t be able to build anything like that or better for anyone else.
Anna_K_1 says
Visiting cathedral is a unique experience! Narrow gloomy halls, painted from bottom to the top with simple bionic ornaments, work as a time travel machine to 16th century!