St Basil’s Cathedral marks its 450th anniversary today and has been celebrated with a Google doodle. The Google website has put a beautiful logo of the cathedral on its main page to commemorate the building.
The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, popularly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox Church that was erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555-1561. The church was built on the order of Ivan IV of Russia to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. It marks the geometric center of the city and the hub of its growth since the 14th century. Basil’s Cathedral was the tallest building in Moscow until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.
Now a museum, it is part of the Unesco World Heritage Site designated as the Moscow Kremlin and Red Square.
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