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MOSCOW, RUSSIA, postcard view of red square and ST. BASIL cahtedral Royalty Free Stock Photo

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Architectural details of the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, or Saint Basil`s Cathedral, a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russi Royalty Free Stock Photo

Portrait shot of a young Asian man looking at map. The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed on background, Moscow Russia. Red Royalty Free Stock Photo

Colorful domes of the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed commonly known as Saint Basil`s Cathedral at Red Square in Moscow Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cupola of the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed. Saint Basil`s Cathedral is a church in the Red Square in Moscow Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed - one of the most famous and iconic sights of Moscow. The name of the temple was in honor of Blessed Basil (who honored himself Ivan the Terrible), buried in the XVI century at the Trinity Church, which stood at that time at the site of the present cathedral. St. Basil's Cathedral was built on the Red Square in the years 1555-1561, according to the traditional version, the master who called: Faster Yakovlev and Barma. According to other versions, it was a man - a well-known master of Pskov Faster Yakovlev nicknamed Barma. Around the cathedral and still hovers many legends. The most famous of them, that after the construction of Tsar Ivan IV ordered blind masters, so that they are no longer able to build anything similar, was not confirmed among historians. St. Basil's Cathedral, in fact, is a nine churches on the same foundation. The cathedral is built of brick, it is rarely used in those days for the construction of churches, and deprived explicit facade: which side you approach the building nor, it seems that it is this is the main party.