St Basil's Cathedral

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01A Nine church towers crowned with candy-coloured onion domes, embellished with layers of cornices, kokoshniks, windows, colourful tiles, patterns St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
01B Colours, patterns and shapes unique to Russian architecture at St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
01C Created from 1555 to 1561, this masterpiece would become the ultimate symbol of Russia St Basil’s Cathedral Evening Moscow Russia
02A Statue of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky in front of St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
02B Statue of Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky who gathered an all-Russian volunteer army to end the Time of Troubles in 1612 St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
03A Virgin Mary And Surrounding Saints ceiling fresco Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
03B Virgin Mary And Baby Christ wall fresco Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
03C Virgin Mary And Christ wall fresco Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
03D Joseph with the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus wall fresco Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
04A Holy Church Banner 1904 Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
04B Holy Church Banner of Mother Of God Virgin Mary 1904 Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
04C Holy Church Banner of Jesus Christ The Saviour not-made-with-hands Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
05A St John The Baptist Forerunner 18C Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
05B St George the Victorious 16C Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
05C The Old Testament Holy Trinity of Angels with interceding Saints Novgorod 17C Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
05D The Old Testament Holy Trinity of Angels 17C Entrance St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
06A Holy Door, Frescoes of Virgin of Smolensk Hodegetria, Christ Pantocrator Teacher, Iconostasis at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
06B Embossed Gilded Elaborate Holy Door Iconostasis and Icons 1895 at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
06C Virgin of Smolensk Hodegetria holds the Child Jesus while pointing to Him as the source of salvation Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
06D Christ Pantocrator Teacher holding a book fresco Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
06E Top of the Iconostasis has frescoes of Virgin Mary and Christ Pantocrator Teacher Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
07A Reliquary Grave of St Basil the Blessed at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
07B The Virgin of Vladimir with selected saints of Moscow Circle 1904 at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
07C The Virgin of Vladimir with selected saints of Moscow Circle 1904 at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
07D Shrine and Canopy 1896 Over The Grave of St Basil the Blessed at the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
08A Christ Fresco on the dome of the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
08B Mary of Bethany holds a myrrh jar fresco in the Church of St Basil the Blessed St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
09A Frescoes on the ceiling of the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
09B The Virgin Mary, Christ, John The Baptist fresco in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
09C St Ioann John The Blessed Moscow 17C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
09D Arms and Armour mid-16C, Coin Trove 1550, Money Box 16C, The Story of The Czardom of Kazan late 17C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10A St Basil The Blessed with the kremlin Moscow 18C, St Basil The Blessed with the kremlin mid-19C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10B Entry of The Lord into Jerusalem16C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10C Protecting Veil of the Most Holy Mother of God Moscow 18C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10D Old Testament Trinity of Angels 17C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10E Velikoretskaya Icon of St Nicholas the miracle worker with scenes from his life Moscow 16C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
10F Crowned Mother of God 1642 in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
11A Commemorative Plaque Moscow 1780 in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
11B St Basil The Blessed Moscow Late 16C in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia
11C Our Lady Of The Sign Virgin Mary with the image of the Child Jesus within a round aureole upon her breast 1780s in the Crypt St Basil’s Cathedral Moscow Russia