Holiday Destination: St Basil's Cathedral

It's Located in Moscow city of Russia.

The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat of a Russian Orthodox church erected on Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible. The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat". The popular alternative refers to Basil the Blessed, a Muscovite holy fool was buried on the site in the Trinity Cathedral that once stood here a few years before the present building was erected. It has been the hub of the city's growth since the 14th century and was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600. Nothing is known about the builders, Barma and Postnik Yakovlev, except their names and the dubious legend that Ivan had them blinded so that they could not create anything to compare. Historians unanimously state that this is nothing but urban folklore. In the 17th century a hip-roofed bell tower was added, the gallery and staircases were covered with vaulted roofing, and the helmeted domes were replaced with decorated ones. In 1860 during rebuilding, the Cathedral was painted with a more complex and integrated design, and has remained unchanged since. Dmitry Shvidkovsky, in his book Russian Architecture and the West, states that it is like no other Russian building. As part of the program of state atheism, the church was confiscated from the Russian Orthodox community as part of the Soviet Union's anti-theist campaigns and has operated as a division of the State Historical Museum since 1928. It was completely and forcefully secularized in 1929 and, as of 2012, remains a federal property of the Russian Federation. Uniquely conceived by Metropolitan Makary, the cathedral was to epitomize the image of the Holy City of Jerusalem. As a result, its nine churches, most of which were consecrated in memory of major events of the victorious Kazan campaign, were built on a single foundation.

Climate of Moscow City

Summer 24.2 °C (75.6 °F), Winter (−9.1) °C (15.6 °F)

Tourist Season

April and May is best Months of visiting in Moscow.

General Information Of Moscow City

• Land Area: 969.1 sq mi (2,510 km2)
• Population: 10 Million.
• Capital City: Moscow.
• Language: English and Russian.

Accessibility

Bus Terminal in or Near by

Moscow Central Bus Terminal

Ural'skaya ulitsa, 2
Moscow, Russia

Airports in or Near by

Sheremetyevo Airport: For international and domestic flights.

Bykovo Airport: For domestic flights.

Railway Stations

Leningradskiy Vokzal Train Station

Komsomolskaya Square, A.3
Moscow, Russia

Stantsiya Moskva-Smolenskaya

Moscow, Russia