Introduction to Saint Basil's Cathedral: Saint Basil's Cathedral is located south of Red Square and extends southward to the Moscow River. It commemorates the Russian Tsar's occupation of the Principality of Kazan and Astrakhan. The exquisite building built from 1555 to 1561 is known as an outstanding representative of ancient Russian architectural art.
The church is built of red bricks and decorated with white stone components. The upper part is cleverly composed of 9 large and small dome towers. The central main tower is 47 meters high, and the surrounding 8 onion-shaped domes are of different heights, shapes, colors, patterns, The decorations are all different. The glittering golden dome is decorated with bright red, yellow and green, which is filled with a colorful, beautiful and dreamy holiday atmosphere, so it has the reputation of "Fairy Tale of Stones".

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