architecture
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Moscow, Russia
собoр Василия Блажeнного (sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo) [Russian]
Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву (Sobor Pokrova Presvyatoj Bogorodicy', chto na Rvu) [Russian]
Покрoвский собoр (Pokrovskij sobor) [Russian]
Architecture
full/alternative names
Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed,
Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat,
Pokrovsky Cathedral
built
1555-1561
style/period
work type by function
material
technique
architect
patronage
Specifications
height
47.5 m
number cupolas
10
number towers
1
Geography
local language location name
Москва (Moskva), Россия (Rossija) [Russian]
historical affiliations
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
I,
II,
IV,
VI
designation
reference
545
