Moscow. Red Square and St. Basil's Cathedral · The Charioteer of Art
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Moscow's Red Square (Красная площадь, Krasnaya plóshchad) is one of the largest and most famous squares in the world. The square dates back to the construction of the Kremlin wall by Ivan III the Great (1440-1505) and arose from the need to leave a large free space for defense (on the other side of the Kremlin moats had been dug). It measures 330 m long by 70 m wide, occupying an area of 23,100 m2. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990. The most emblematic building in Red Square is undoubtedly St. Basil's Cathedral (Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennovo) built between 1555 and 1561 by Ivan IV the Terrible to celebrate his victory over the Tatars at Kazan (1552). World famous for its colourful bulbous domes, this is not actually a church but a group of churches: eight small churches or chapels arranged symmetrically around a larger central one, to which a tenth was added later (1588), precisely that of Basil the Blessed, which would give its name to the cathedral. The large number of churches is due to the fact that the Tsar wanted to honour each saint whose feast day corresponded to a victory or an important moment in the campaign against the Tatars. The central chapel, octagonal, has the characteristics of the Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye (near Moscow). The churches situated at the four cardinal points are also octagonal, while the other four situated at the corners are cubic in shape, smaller and decorated with numerous kokoshniki (superimposed semicircular arches). The original name of this curious building is the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin Mary on the Pit, which is the name of the central chapel. The complex was declared a World Heritage Site along with Red Square in 1990. For the making of this video I counted on the collaboration of my great friend Yana, who convinced me to travel to Russia and accompanied me on the trip (she appears at the end of the video). Спасибо Яна!
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