Saint Basil`s Cathedral In Moscow Editorial Image

This picture is taken at Moscow, Russia. The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного, Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo, commonly known as Saint Basil`s Cathedral, is a church in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat Russian: Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву, Sobor Pokrova Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy, chto na Rvu or Pokrovsky Cathedral Russian: Покровский собор. It was built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. A world-famous landmark, it was the city`s tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.