St. Basil's Cathedral - Revision history

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−	The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, more popularly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, is a church located at one end of Moscow’s Red Square. It was built between 1551 and 1561 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible as a war memorial, with the architects designing eight pillar-shaped churches on one base, arranging seven of them around the central church, using domes, polygonal towers, blank arches and sharp spires to create the shape of bonfire flames rising into the sky. ~~jjjjjjj~~	+	The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, more popularly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, is a church located at one end of Moscow’s Red Square. It was built between 1551 and 1561 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible as a war memorial, with the architects designing eight pillar-shaped churches on one base, arranging seven of them around the central church, using domes, polygonal towers, blank arches and sharp spires to create the shape of bonfire flames rising into the sky.

	The architects took inspiration from Byzantine as well as Asian architecture, and used open brickwork which was a new technology at the time.		The architects took inspiration from Byzantine as well as Asian architecture, and used open brickwork which was a new technology at the time.

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−	The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, more popularly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, is a church located at one end of Moscow’s Red Square. It was built between 1551 and 1561 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible as a war memorial, with the architects designing eight pillar-shaped churches on one base, arranging seven of them around the central church, using domes, polygonal towers, blank arches and sharp spires to create the shape of bonfire flames rising into the sky.	+	The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, more popularly known as St. Basil’s Cathedral, is a church located at one end of Moscow’s Red Square. It was built between 1551 and 1561 at the behest of Ivan the Terrible as a war memorial, with the architects designing eight pillar-shaped churches on one base, arranging seven of them around the central church, using domes, polygonal towers, blank arches and sharp spires to create the shape of bonfire flames rising into the sky. jjjjjjj

	The architects took inspiration from Byzantine as well as Asian architecture, and used open brickwork which was a new technology at the time.		The architects took inspiration from Byzantine as well as Asian architecture, and used open brickwork which was a new technology at the time.

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	* Cathedral.		* Cathedral.
	* Cathedral of Brasilia.		* Cathedral of Brasilia.
		+	* Chapel of the Holy Cross, Sedona.
	* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.		* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.
	* Dancing House, Prague.		* Dancing House, Prague.
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−	~~= Find out more =~~	+	= Related articles on Designing Buildings Wiki =
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	* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.		* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.
	* Dancing House, Prague.		* Dancing House, Prague.
		+	* Durham Cathedral's Open Treasure project.
	* Floors of the great medieval churches.		* Floors of the great medieval churches.
	* Florence Cathedral.		* Florence Cathedral.
−	* Habitat 67.
	* Heddal stave church, Norway.		* Heddal stave church, Norway.
	* Mahabat Maqbara, India.		* Mahabat Maqbara, India.
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	* St Peters Basilica.		* St Peters Basilica.
	* The Kremlin.		* The Kremlin.
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−	* The Gherkin.
	* Unusual building design of the week.		* Unusual building design of the week.

	[[Category:Conservation]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Design]]		[[Category:Conservation]] [[Category:International]] [[Category:Projects_and_case_studies]] [[Category:Design]]

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	* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.		* Chelyabinsk Congress Hall.
	* Dancing House, Prague.		* Dancing House, Prague.
		+	* Floors of the great medieval churches.
	* Florence Cathedral.		* Florence Cathedral.
	* Habitat 67.		* Habitat 67.

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