St. Basil’s Cathedral: A Marvel of Russian Architecture - YouTube

Nine onion-shaped domes decorated in swirling patterns and bright, candy-striped colors.  The spires and arches of the structure are decorated with bricks and ceramics in various designs, giving it a lively appearance. Over the years, the renowned church’s colors changed from its original white stone and red brick construction. Where is this place? This is Iconic Builds, and in this episode, we are going to take a look at the Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil’s Cathedral. As a thank-you gift for his military victory over the khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan, Tsar Ivan IV - The Terrible- had Saint Basil the Blessed, also known as Pokrovsky Cathedral, Svyatoy Vasily Blazhenny, or Pokrovsky Sobor, built on Red Square in Moscow between 1554 and 1560.  No one is certain who exactly designed St Basil’s Cathedral. However, it is generally considered to be Russian architects Barma and Posnik, who may have been one person. The cathedral’s ch