St. Basil's Cathedral (Cathedral of the Intercession). Exterior. Towers. Detail. (Updated over a year ago)

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Postnik YAKOVLEV (act. c. 1550-1562): The central church was built under Ivan IV (r 1533-84) in 1553-54 to commemorate the taking of Kazan on the eve of the feast of the Intercession in 1552. In 1555-61 Postnik and Barma built 8 churches around this church. In 1588 a tenth church was added over the grave of Basil the Blessed. Ornamental domes were added over the chapels in 1593.

Tags: architecture , byzantine (russian) , medieval , russian

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 28, 2007.

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