Saint Basil's Cathedral

Architecture · 1555–1561 · Moscow, Red Square · Eastern Europe & Russia

Monument to the capture of Kazan: nine churches round a tent, the emblem of Moscow and Russia

Author: Barma and Postnik
Style: Tented Churches — The wooden tent spire recast in brick: a tower-church instead of a domed church
Century: 16th century

Made around the same time (±30 years)

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