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When Was St Basil's Cathedral Built?

Chloe Bennett • • 6 min read
When Was St Basil's Cathedral Built?

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known 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.

Why was the St Basil's cathedral built?

St. Basil's was built by order of Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) to commemorate the capture of the Tatar stronghold Kazan in 1552. ... As Yurganov notes however, the Cathedral appears more in popular association to be a commemoration of the 'holy fool' St. Basil than the epic, fairy-tale like battle of Kazan.

When was St Basil's Cathedral started?

Saint Basil's Cathedral was built between 1555 and 1561 by Ivan the Terrible in Moscow, Russia. Legend has it that the cathedral's builder was blinded post-construction so that a structure of its beauty could never be built again.

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