Moscow Tourist Attractions | Saint Basil's Cathedral (1518)

Saint Basil's Cathedral (1518). Saint Basil's Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, is located at the southern end of Red Square in the center of Moscow, the capital of Russia, adjacent to the Kremlin. It is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral built by Russian architects Barma and Postnik Yakovlev under the command of Tsar Ivan the Terrible. The cathedral is named after a monk named Basil, who was highly trusted by Tsar Ivan at the time. The central tower of the cathedral is 65 meters tall and is topped with nine colorful onion-shaped domes.