- Address: Red Square
- Hours: During Winter: Open Daily 11am - 5pm During Summer: Open Daily 10am - 7pm
- Admission: Adults: 250 rubles ($8), Students: 50 rubles and Under 18 years old: Free
St Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sabor)
St. Basil’s actually consists of 10 separate churches. When the building was first constructed, eight side churches surrounded the main Church of Intercession. A 10th church was added in 1588 over the grave of the local saint, Basil. While the cathedral was built to celebrate the capture of Kazan by Ivan the Terrible, its side churches were designed to represent major events in Russian spiritual life in the second half of the 16th century.
The cathedral was confiscated from the Russian Orthodox community during Soviet times and now operates as a division of the State Historical Museum. It has been part of the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage site since 1990. Today, visitors can stroll through the galleries connecting the many churches while marveling at frescoes, oil paintings and Russian icons, many of which date to the 16th and 17th centuries.
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