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Saint Basil`s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia #152476032
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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed Russian: ÃÂþñþÃÂÃ⬠ÃâðÃÂøÃÂûøàÃâûðöõÃÂýýþóþ, Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo, commonly known as Saint Basil`s Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia and is one of the most recognizable symbols of the country. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat áþñþÃÂÃ⬠ßþúÃâ¬Ã¾Ã²Ã°Ã ÃŸÃâ¬ÃµÃÂòÃÂÃâþÃÂù ÃâþóþÃâ¬Ã¾ÃÂôøÃâ Ãâ¹, Ãâ¡Ãâþ ýð àòÃÆ, Sobor Pokrova Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy, chto na Rvu or Pokrovsky Cathedral ßþúÃâ¬Ã¾ÃÂòÃÂúøù ÃÂþñþÃÂÃâ¬. It was built from 1555 to 1561 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It was the city`s tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.
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