Saint Basil’s Cathedral
The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, known in English as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is an Orthodox church in Red Square of Moscow, and is one of the most popular cultural symbols of Russia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Description: church in Moscow
- Also known as: “Basilius Cathedral”, “Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat”, “Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed”, and “St. Basil’s Cathedral”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Spasskiye Gate and Tsar Cannon.
Spasskiye Gate
City gate
The Spasskaya Tower, also translated as the Saviour Tower, is the main tower on the eastern wall of the Moscow Kremlin which overlooks Red Square.
Tsar Cannon
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tsar Cannon is a large early modern period artillery piece on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Tsar Cannon is situated 340 metres west of Saint Basil’s Cathedral.
Tsar Bell
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The Tsar Bell, also known as the Tsarsky Kolokol, Tsar Kolokol III, or Royal Bell, is a 6.14-metre-tall, 6.6-metre-diameter bell on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. Tsar Bell is situated 340 metres southwest of Saint Basil’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Outskirts and Central Moscow.
Outskirts
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The Moscow Outskirts include areas from Moscow's 3rd Ring to Moscow Ring Road.
Central Moscow
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Central Administrative Okrug, or Tsentralny Administrativny Okrug, is one of the twelve administrative okrugs of Moscow, Russia. Population: 772,258 ; 741,967 ; 701,353 .
Moscow
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Since its founding in 1147, Moscow has been at the crossroads of history as the capital of empires and a frequent target for invaders. As the capital of the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and, today, the Russian Federation, it has played a central role in the development of the largest country in the world.
Saint Basil’s Cathedral
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox church building, tourist attraction, architectural landmark, and religion
- Location: Moscow Oblast, Central Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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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”
- Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس فاسيلي”
- Arabic: “كاتيدرائية سانت باسيلي”
- Arabic: “كاثيدرائية القديس باسيلي”
- Arabic: “كاثيدرائية القديس فاسيلي”
- Armenian: “Պոկրովսկի տաճար”
- 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”
- Bulgarian: “Храм ‘Свети Василий Блажени’”
- Catalan: “Catedral de Basili el Benaurat”
- Catalan: “Catedral de la Intercessió de la Mare de Déu al Turó”
- Catalan: “catedral de Sant Basili”
- Catalan: “Catedral de Sant Basili”
- Chechen: “Зовкхе Василийн цIарах Килс”
- Chechen: “Зовкхечу Василийн цӀарах Килс”
- Chinese: “华西里·柏拉仁诺教堂”
- Chinese: “圣巴西尔教堂”
- Chinese: “圣瓦西里大教堂”
- Chinese: “垛上祈祷教堂”
- Chinese: “柏拉仁诺教堂”
- Chinese: “瓦西里·伯拉仁诺教堂”
- Chinese: “瓦西里·勃拉仁內大教堂”
- Chinese: “聖巴斯大教堂”
- Chinese: “聖巴斯教堂”
- Chinese: “聖巴素大教堂”
- Chinese: “聖巴素教堂”
- Chinese: “聖巴西爾大教堂”
- Chinese: “聖瓦西里主教座堂”
- Croatian: “Crkva sv. Vasilija Blaženog u Moskvi”
- Croatian: “Crkva Sv. Vasilija Blaženog”
- Croatian: “Crkva Svetog Vasilija Blaženika”
- Croatian: “Crkva Svetog Vasilija”
- Croatian: “Katedrala sv. Vasilija Blaženog u Moskvi”
- Croatian: “Katedrala Vasilija Blaženog”
- Croatian: “Saborna crkva Vasilija Blaženog”
- Czech: “Chrám Vasila Blaženého”
- Danish: “Skt. Basil katedral”
- Danish: “Vasilij-katedralen”
- Danish: “Vasilijkatedralen”
- Dimli (individual language): “Katedralê Saint Basili”
- Dutch: “Basilius kathedraal”
- Dutch: “Basiliuskathedraal”
- Dutch: “Kathedraal van de Voorbede van de Moeder Gods”
- Dutch: “Pokrovkathedraal”
- Dutch: “Sint-Basiliuskathedraal”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية القديس باسيل”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه القديس باسيل”
- Esperanto: “Katedralo Sankta Bazilio”
- Estonian: “Vassili Blažennõi kirik”
- Finnish: “Pokrovan Jumalanäidin kirkko”
- Finnish: “Pyhän Vasilin katedraali”
- Finnish: “Saint Basil’s Cathedral”
- French: “Cathédrale Basile le Bienheureux”
- French: “Cathédrale Basile-le-Bienheureux de Moscou”
- French: “Cathédrale de l’Intercession de la Vierge”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint Basil”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint Basile de Moscou”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint Basile”
- French: “Cathedrale Saint-Basile de Moscou”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile De Moscou”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux de Moscou”
- French: “cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile-le-Bienheureux”
- French: “Cathédrale Saint-Basile”
- French: “Saint-Basile”
- Galician: “Catedral de San Basilio”
- Georgian: “ვასილი ნეტარის ტაძარი”
- Georgian: “წმინდა ბასილის საკათედრო ტაძარი”
- Georgian: “წმინდა ბასილის ტაძარი”
- German: “Basilius-Kathedrale”
- German: “Basiliuskathedrale”
- German: “Kathedrale des seligen Basilius”
- German: “Mariä-Schutz-und-Fürbitte-Kathedrale Moskau”
- Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Βασιλείου”
- Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός του Αγίου Βασιλείου”
- Guarani: “Marangatu Basilio Tupão guasu”
- Guarani: “Marangatu Vasílio Tupão guasu”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית ואסילי המבורך”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית וסילי הקדוש”
- Hebrew: “כנסיית וסילי”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת בזיל הקדוש”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת ההשתדלות שעל התעלה”
- Hebrew: “קתדרלת ואסילי הקדוש”
- Hungarian: “Boldog Vazul-székesegyház”
- Hungarian: “Vaszilij Blazsennij székesegyház”
- Icelandic: “Dómkirkja heilags Basils”
- Icelandic: “St. Basil dómkirkjan”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Saint Basil”
- Indonesian: “Katedral Santo Basil”
- Indonesian: “Kathedral Santo Basil”
- Irish: “Ardeaglais Naomh Basil”
- Italian: “Cattedrale dell’Intercessione della Madre di Gesù sul Fossato”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di S. Basilio”
- Italian: “cattedrale di San Basilio”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di San Basilio”
- Japanese: “ヴァシーリー大聖堂”
- Japanese: “ヴァシーリー寺院”
- Japanese: “ヴァシーリー聖堂”
- Japanese: “ワシリー大聖堂”
- Japanese: “ワシリー聖堂”
- Japanese: “ワシリイ大聖堂”
- Japanese: “堀の生神女庇護大聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ヴァシーリー大聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ヴァシーリー寺院”
- Japanese: “聖ヴァシーリー聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ヴァシリー寺院”
- Japanese: “聖ワシーリー大聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ワシーリー寺院”
- Japanese: “聖ワシリー大聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ワシリー聖堂”
- Japanese: “聖ワシリイ大聖堂”
- Korean: “바실리 성당”
- Korean: “성 바실리 대성당”
- Korean: “성 바실리 사원”
- Korean: “성 바실리 성당”
- 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: “Saint Basil’s Cathedral”
- Malayalam: “സെന്റ് ബേസിൽ കത്തീഡ്രൽ”
- Marathi: “सेंट बेसिल कॅथेड्रल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Basiliuskatedralen i Moskva”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vasilij-katedralen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vasilijkatedralen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vasilijkatedralen”
- Norwegian: “Vasilijkatedralen”
- Persian: “كليساي جامع سنت باسيل”
- Persian: “کلیسای جامع سن باسیل”
- Persian: “کلیسای جامع سنت باسیل”
- Persian: “کلیسای سنت باسیل”
- Picard: “Catédrale Sant-Basile ech Bienneureus d’Moscou”
- Polish: “Cerkiew Wasyla Błogosławionego”
- Polish: “Katedra Św. Bazylego”
- Polish: “Sobór Wasyla Błogosławionego w Moskwie”
- Polish: “Sobór Wasyla Błogosławionego”
- Portuguese: “Catedral de São Basílio”
- Romanian: “Catedrala Bazilius”
- Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Vasile din Moscova”
- Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Vasile”
- Russian: “Василия Блаженного Храм”
- Russian: “Музей «Храм Покрова Божией Матери на Рву»”
- Russian: “Покровский собор”
- Russian: “Собор Василия Блаженного”
- Russian: “Собор Покрова на рву”
- Russian: “Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву”
- Russian: “Собор Покрова-на-Рву”
- Russian: “Собор Покрова, что на Рву”
- Russian: “Храм Василия Блаженного”
- Russian: “Храм Покрова на рву”
- Russian: “Храм Покрова, что на рву”
- Serbian: “Hram Vasilija Blaženog”
- Serbian: “Саборна црква Василија Блаженог”
- Serbian: “Храм Василија Блаженог”
- Serbian: “Храм Василия Блаженного”
- Serbian: “Храм светог Василија”
- Serbian: “Црква светог Василија Блаженог”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Crkva sv. Vasilija Blaženog”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Vasilija Blaženog”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Saborna crkva Vasilija Blaženog”
- Slovak: “Chrám Vasila Blaženého”
- Slovak: “Chrám Vasiľa Blaženého”
- Slovak: “Chrám Vasilija Blaženého”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev Vasilija blaženega, Moskva”
- South Azerbaijani: “سنت باسیل کیلیساسی”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Intercesion de la Virgen en el Monticulo”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Intercesion de la Virgen en el Montículo”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Intercesión de la Virgen en el Monticulo”
- Spanish: “Catedral de la Intercesión de la Virgen en el Montículo”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Basilio”
- Spanish: “Catedral ortodoxa San Basilio”
- Spanish: “San Basilio de Moscu”
- Spanish: “San Basilio de Moscú”
- Swedish: “Vasilijkatedralen”
- Tamil: “புனித பசில் பேராலயம்”
- Tatar: “Vasili Blajenní Çirkäwe”
- Tatar: “Vasili Blajennıy Çirkäwe”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารเซนต์บาซิล”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารเซนต์เบซิล”
- Thai: “มหาวิหารนักบุญเบซิล”
- Thai: “วิหารเซนต์บาซิล”
- Turkish: “Aziz Vasil Katedrali”
- Turkish: “Saint Basil Katedrali”
- Turkish: “Vasili Blajenni Katedrali”
- Ukrainian: “Василія Блаженного храм”
- Ukrainian: “Василя Блаженного храм”
- Ukrainian: “Собор Василія Блаженного”
- Ukrainian: “Собор Василя Блаженного”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Василія Блаженного”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Василя Блаженного”
- Ukrainian: “Храм Покрова Богородиці на Рву”
- Urdu: “سینٹ باسل کا کیتھیڈرل”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa thánh Basil”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Thánh Vasily”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ chính tòa Vasily Blazhenny”
- Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ lớn Vasily Blazhenny”
- Waray (Philippines): “Catedral han San Basilio”
- Waray (Philippines): “Saint Basil’s Cathedral”
- 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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