Saint Basil’s Cathedral

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church on in the historic centre of .
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Moscow
  • Also known as: “Basilius Cathedral”, “Basilius kathedraal”, “Basiliuskatedralen i Moskva”, “Basiliuskathedraal”, “Catedral de Basili el Benaurat”, “Catedral de la Intercesion de la Virgen en el Monticulo”, “Catedral de la Intercesion de la Virgen en el Montículo”, “Catedral de la Intercesión de la Virgen en el Monticulo”, “Catedral de la Intercesión de la Virgen en el Montículo”, “Catedral de la Intercessió de la Mare de Déu al Turó”, “Catedral ortodoxa San Basilio”, “Catedrala Bazilius”, “Catedrala Sfântul Vasile”, “Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat”, “Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed”, “Cathédrale Basile le Bienheureux”, “Cathédrale Basile-le-Bienheureux de Moscou”, “Cathédrale de l’Intercession de la Vierge”, “Cathédrale Saint Basil”, “Cathédrale Saint Basile”, “Cathédrale Saint Basile de Moscou”, “Cathédrale Saint-Basile”, “Cathedrale Saint-Basile de Moscou”, “Cathédrale Saint-Basile De Moscou”, “Cattedrale dell’Intercessione della Madre di Gesù sul Fossato”, “Cattedrale di S. Basilio”, “Chrám Vasiľa Blaženého”, “Crkva sv. Vasilija Blaženog”, “Crkva Sv. Vasilija Blaženog”, “Crkva Svetog Vasilija”, “Crkva Svetog Vasilija Blaženika”, “Katedra Św. Bazylego”, “Katedrala Vasilija Blaženog”, “Kathedral Santo Basil”, “Marangatu Basilio Tupão guasu”, “Mariä-Schutz-und-Fürbitte-Kathedrale Moskau”, “Nhà thờ chính tòa Vasily Blazhenny”, “Nhà thờ lớn Vasily Blazhenny”, “Pokrovan Jumalanäidin kirkko”, “Saborna crkva Vasilija Blaženog”, “Saint Basil Katedrali”, “San Basilio de Moscu”, “San Basilio de Moscú”, “Sint-Basiliuskathedraal”, “Skt. Basil katedral”, “Sobór Wasyla Błogosławionego w Moskwie”, “St. Basil’s Cathedral”, “Vasili Blajenni Katedrali”, “Vaszilij Blazsennij székesegyház”, “Καθεδρικός Ναός του Αγίου Βασιλείου”, “Василия Блаженного Храм”, “Василія Блаженного храм”, “Василя Блаженного храм”, “Музей «Храм Покрова Божией Матери на Рву»”, “Саборна црква Василија Блаженог”, “Собор Василя Блаженного”, “Собор Покрова на рву”, “Собор Покрова-на-Рву”, “Собор Покрова, что на Рву”, “Храм ‘Свети Василий Блажени’”, “Храм Василія Блаженного”, “Храм Василя Блаженного”, “Храм Покрова Богородиці на Рву”, “Храм Покрова на рву”, “Храм Покрова, что на рву”, “Храм светог Василија”, “Црква светог Василија Блаженог”, “წმინდა ბასილის საკათედრო ტაძარი”, “წმინდა ბასილის ტაძარი”, “Պոկրովսկի տաճար”, “כנסיית ואסילי המבורך”, “כנסיית וסילי”, “קתדרלת בזיל הקדוש”, “קתדרלת ההשתדלות שעל התעלה”, “קתדרלת ואסילי הקדוש”, “كاتدرائية القديس فاسيلي”, “كاتيدرائية سانت باسيلي”, “كاثيدرائية القديس باسيلي”, “كاثيدرائية القديس فاسيلي”, “كليساي جامع سنت باسيل”, “کلیسای سنت باسیل”, “มหาวิหารเซนต์บาซิล”, “วิหารเซนต์บาซิล”, “바실리 성당”, “성 바실리 사원”, “성 바실리 성당”, “ヴァシーリー大聖堂”, “ヴァシーリー寺院”, “ヴァシーリー聖堂”, “ワシリー大聖堂”, “ワシリー聖堂”, “ワシリイ大聖堂”, “华西里·柏拉仁诺教堂”, “圣巴西尔教堂”, “圣瓦西里大教堂”, “垛上祈祷教堂”, “堀の生神女庇護大聖堂”, “瓦西里·伯拉仁诺教堂”, “瓦西里·勃拉仁內大教堂”, “聖ヴァシーリー大聖堂”, “聖ヴァシーリー寺院”, “聖ヴァシーリー聖堂”, “聖ヴァシリー寺院”, “聖ワシーリー大聖堂”, “聖ワシーリー寺院”, “聖ワシリー大聖堂”, “聖ワシリー聖堂”, “聖巴斯大教堂”, “聖巴斯教堂”, “聖巴素大教堂”, and “聖巴素教堂”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Spasskiye Gate and Tsar Cannon.

City gate
The Spasskaya Tower, also translated as the Saviour…

The is a large early modern period… is situated 340 metres west of Saint Basil’s Cathedral.

The , also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar… is situated 340 metres southwest of Saint Basil’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outskirts and Central Moscow.

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Central Administrative Okrug, or Tsentralny…

Saint Basil’s Cathedral

Latitude
55.75248° or 55° 45′ 9″ north
Longitude
37.62302° or 37° 37′ 23″ east
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Saint Basil’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sint Basilius-katedraal”
  • Amharic: “የቅዱስ ባሲል ካቴድራል”
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس باسيل”
  • Armenian: “Վասիլի Երանելու տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Catedral de San Basilio”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vasili Blajennı kilsəsi”
  • Basque: “San Basilio katedrala”
  • Basque: “San Basilio Katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Васіля Блажэннага”
  • Belarusian: “Храм Сьвятога Васіля”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট ব্যাজল’স ক্যাথিড্রাল”
  • Bosnian: “Crkva sv. Vasilija Blaženog u Moskvi”
  • Bosnian: “Crkva svetog Vasilija Blaženog u Moskvi”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Василий Блажени”
  • Catalan: “catedral de Sant Basili”
  • Catalan: “Catedral de Sant Basili”
  • Chechen: “Зовкхе Василийн цIарах Килс”
  • Chechen: “Зовкхечу Василийн цӀарах Килс”
  • Chinese: “柏拉仁诺教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖巴西爾大教堂”
  • Chinese: “聖瓦西里主教座堂”
  • Croatian: “Katedrala sv. Vasilija Blaženog u Moskvi”
  • Czech: “Chrám Vasila Blaženého”
  • Danish: “Vasilij-katedralen”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Katedralê Saint Basili”
  • Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Voorbede van de Moeder Gods”
  • Dutch: “Pokrovkathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس باسيل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس باسيل”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo Sankta Bazilio”
  • Estonian: “Vassili Blažennõi kirik”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Vasilin katedraali”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux de Moscou”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux”
  • French: “Saint-Basile”
  • Galician: “Catedral de San Basilio”
  • Georgian: “ვასილი ნეტარის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Basilius-Kathedrale”
  • German: “Basiliuskathedrale”
  • German: “Kathedrale des seligen Basilius”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Βασιλείου”
  • Guarani: “Marangatu Vasílio Tupão guasu”
  • Hausa: “Cocin Saint Basil”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית וסילי הקדוש”
  • Hungarian: “Boldog Vazul-székesegyház”
  • Icelandic: “Dómkirkja heilags Basils”
  • Icelandic: “St. Basil dómkirkjan”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santo Basil”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Naomh Basil”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di San Basilio”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di San Basilio”
  • Japanese: “聖ワシリイ大聖堂”
  • Korean: “성 바실리 대성당”
  • Kurdish: “Katedrala Saint Basil”
  • Kurdish: “Katedrala Senbasîl a Moskoyê”
  • Kurdish: “کاتەدرالا سانت باسل”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Cathedralis Basilii Beati Moscuensis”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Cathedralis Sancti Basilii”
  • Latvian: “Vasilija Svētlaimīgā katedrāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Vasilijaus Palaimintojo soboras”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Василиј Блажен”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Василиј”
  • Malay: “Katedral Saint Basil”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ്‌ ബേസിൽ കത്തീഡ്രൽ”
  • Marathi: “सेंट बेसिल कॅथेड्रल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vasilijkatedralen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vasilijkatedralen”
  • Norwegian: “Vasilijkatedralen”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع سن باسیل”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع سنت باسیل”
  • Picard: “Catédrale Sant-Basile ech Bienneureus d’Moscou”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Wasyla Błogosławionego”
  • Polish: “Sobór Wasyla Błogosławionego”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de São Basílio”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Vasile din Moscova”
  • Russian: “Покровский собор”
  • Russian: “Собор Василия Блаженного”
  • Russian: “Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву”
  • Russian: “Храм Василия Блаженного”
  • Serbian: “Hram Vasilija Blaženog”
  • Serbian: “Храм Василија Блаженог”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Vasilija Blaženog”
  • Slovak: “Chrám Vasilija Blaženého”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev Vasilija blaženega, Moskva”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سنت باسیل کیلیساسی”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Basilio”
  • Swedish: “Vasilijkatedralen”
  • Tamil: “புனித பசில் பேராலயம்”
  • Tatar: “Vasili Blajenní Çirkäwe”
  • Tatar: “Vasili Blajennıy Çirkäwe”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ బాసిల్ కేథడ్రల్”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารเซนต์เบซิล”
  • Thai: “มหาวิหารนักบุญเบซิล”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Vasil Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Василія Блаженного”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ باسل کا کیتھیڈرل”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa thánh Basil”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Thánh Vasily”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Catedral han San Basilio”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys Gadeiriol Sant Basil”
  • Western Frisian: “Basiliuskatedraal”
  • Western Panjabi: “سینٹ باسل گرجا”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣瓦西里主教座堂”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖巴西爾大教堂”
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