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Wikipedia: The Cathedral of Intercession of Theotokos on the Moat, popularly known as the Cathedral of Basil the Blessed, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–1561. Built on the order of Ivan IV of Russia to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan, it marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its growth since the 14th century. It was the tallest building of Moscow until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.
![[Draft of Narkomtiazhprom building on the Red Square, with the cathedral in place]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Nktp_mordv_s.jpg "Draft of Narkomtiazhprom building on the Red Square, with the cathedral in place")
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![[Trinity Cathedral under construction (Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1902)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vasnecov_Moskva_Pri_Ivane_Groznom_Krasnaya_Ploscshad_s.jpg "Trinity Cathedral under construction (Apollinary Vasnetsov, 1902)")
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![[Red Square, early 17th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Red_Square_2C_Blaeu_Atlas_1613_s.jpg "Red Square, early 17th century")
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![[Plan of the first floor with central hall offset relative to corner towers]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Trinity_Cathedral_Moscow_first_floor_plan_s.jpg "Plan of the first floor with central hall offset relative to corner towers")
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![[Palm Sunday procession (Dutch print, 17th century)]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Shestviye_na_oslyati_s.jpg "Palm Sunday procession (Dutch print, 17th century)")
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![[Color scheme of the cathedral is best seen by night.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Sant_Vasily_cathedral_in_Moscow_s.jpg "Color scheme of the cathedral is best seen by night.")
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![[A church in Kolomenskoye, a probable influence on the cathedral]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Kolomenskoye_cerkvi_1879_s.jpg "A church in Kolomenskoye, a probable influence on the cathedral")
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![[Postcard, early 20th century]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Vasilij_Blazh_s.jpg "Postcard, early 20th century")
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![[Murals in the galleries]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Saint_Basil_inside_hdr_mantiuk_2_s.jpg "Murals in the galleries")
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