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Cathedral of the Assumption

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Kremlin, Moscow, 103073

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Cathedral of the Assumption (Uspenskii Sobor), Moscow | MyTravelGuide.com
The largest, oldest and the most important cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin is the Cathedral of the Assumption. After taking a tour through Novgorod, Vladimir and Pskov studying Russian architectural traditions, an Italian architect named Aristotle Fioravanti (who was commissioned by Ivan III) design...
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Cathedral of the Assumption
Ivan III then invited Aristotele Fioravanti, a celebrated architect and engineer from Bologna, Italy, to come to Moscow and entrusted him with the task of building the cathedral from scratch in the traditions of Russian architecture. The cathedral in Vladimir was once again taken as a model for the ...
sacred-destinations.com

Cathedral of the Assumption in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia
The cathedral's subsequent history clearly reflects its role as Russia's central church for more than 400 years. It was the place of the coronation of the first Russian Tsar, Ivan the Terrible, in 1547 and it was here that all the Emperors were crowned from 1721 onwards and the Metropolitans and Pat...
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Cathedral of the Assumption, or Uspensky Sobor (cathedral, Moscow, Russia) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
...at its height in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. These and the other churches in the Kremlin ceased functioning as places of worship after the Revolution and are now museums. The white stone Cathedral of the Assumption (Uspensky Sobor) is the oldest, built in 1475–79 in the Italianat...
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RealTravel - The Kremlin | Moscow Travel Blog | Moscow Travel Reviews
First, never trust Russian made stuff. One of the Cathedrals within the walls is the Cathedral of the Assumption. Now in the 1470, Ivan the Great (Tsar of the time) decided to built a great cathedral using a Russian architect. So they started to built, though in the middle of the night during constr...
realtravel.com

Cathedral of the Assumption (cathedral, Volodymyr-Volynskyy, Ukraine) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
...railway. It was founded by Vladimir I, grand prince of Kiev, in the 10th century and became the capital of one of the chief princedoms of Kievan Rus. Among the city's architectural monuments is the Cathedral of the Assumption, built in 1160. The town passed to Poland in 1347, back to Russia in 17...
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