Saint Basil's Cathedral |Cathedral of the Protection of Most
Holy Theotokos on the Moat Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы,
что на Рву (Russian) |Location||Red Square, Moscow, Russia|
|Year consecrated||12 July 1561| |Ecclesiastical or
organizational status||State Historical Museum|
|Website||Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed State Historical
Museum |Architect(s)||Barma and Postnik Yakovlev| |UNESCO World
Heritage Site| |Official name: Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow|
|Criteria:||i, ii, iv, vi| |Region:||Europe and North America|
The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the
Moat (Russian: Собор Покрова пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву)
or Pokrovsky Cathedral (Russian: Покровский собор) are official
names for a Russian Orthodox church in Red Square in Moscow. The
church is also called the Cathedral of St. Vasily the Blessed
(Russian: Собор Василия Блаженного), anglicized as Saint Basil's
Cathedral. It was built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the
Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kaza