architecture

Moscow Kremlin, Cathedral of the Annunciation

Moscow, Russia

Благовещенский собор (Blagoveshhenskij sobor) [Russian]
Собор Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы (Sobor Blagoveshheniya Presvyatoj Bogorodicy') [Russian]

Architecture

full/alternative names
Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary
higher-level structure
built
1484-1489
work type by function
material
patronage

Architecture: Moscow Kremlin

built
1482-1495
1816-1819
culture
style/period
material
technique
architect / constr. phase
1485-1495
walls and towers
1816-1819
reconstruction after Napoleonic destruction
patronage

Specifications

number cupolas
5

Specification: Moscow Kremlin

area
2,770,000 m²

Geography

local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
1547-1721
1721-1917
1917-1922
1922-1991

UNESCO World Heritage Site

type
cultural
criteria
I, II, IV, VI
designation
reference
545