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St. Basil's Cathedral
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The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Mother of God at the Moat (St. Basil's Cathedral) was built in the mid-16th century by decree of Ivan the Terrible in honour of the capture of the Kazan Khanate, part of the former Golden Horde. The successful attack on Kazan had begun on I October 1552, the day of the festival of the Intercession of the Mother of God. The cathedral was built between 1555 and 1561 by the architects Barma and Postnik Yakoviev. There is a story to the effect that after seeing the cathedral for the first time, Ivan The Terrible had the men blinded so that they could never build anything to surpass the wonder of this new building. The small church of Saint Basil, which was built later on the grave of a God's fool much respected in Moscow, gave the whole cathedral its second, more widely known name of St. Basil's Cathedral. The cathedral actually comprises nine individual churches each crowned by a unique tower. The spire of the central church, which has an altar dedicated to the Intercession, unites the other eight churches, with their onion domes, as if binding them to itself. This symbolises the supremacy and protection of the Mother of God over all the Orthodox Church and over the Russian lands. In Russian church architecture the spire symbolises the canopy which from ancient times was put up over a holy place as a sign of God's protection and holiness. St. Basil's Cathedral is unique among Moscow's churches. It is not simply a place where people came to pray but is also itself an icon in stone. It is in fact an architectural representation of the New Jerusalem - the Heavenly Kingdom described in the Book of Revelation of St. John the Divine. The cathedral has been protected byprovidence, for several times it has been faced with destruction, and each time it has emerged unscathed. According to legend, Napoleon wanted to take this Moscow wonder back to Paris with him. However, at that time there was no technology for doing so, and so before the French retreat he gave orders that it should be blown up with the Kremlin. Muscovites were trying to put out the burning fuses when suddenly a cloudburst helped to prevent the explosions.
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Poteshny Palace Bridge to Kremlin Kremlin Moskva, Moscow, Russia
Kremlin Gatehouse
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The public entrance to the Kremlin in Moscow.
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Spassky tower
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