16,951
edits
Changes
m
link
The '''Intercession Cathedral''' ('''Pokrovsky Cathedral''', better known as the '''Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed''' or '''St. Basil's Cathedral''') was commissioned by [[Ivan IV of Russia|Ivan the Terrible]] and built between 1534 and 1561 in Moscow to commemorate the capture of Kazan.
In 1588 Tsar Fedor Ivanovich had a [[chapel ]] added on the eastern side above the grave of St. [[Basil the Blessed|Basil]] the [[Fool-for-Christ]] (''yurodivy Vassily Blazhenny''), the [[saint]] for whom the [[cathedral]] was named.
Saint Basil's is located at one end of Red Square, just across from the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin. Not particularly large, it consists of nine chapels built on a single foundation.