Discover Moscow's Colorful Cathedrals and Striking Palaces
These iconic sites occupy the heart of the Russian nation. Even those who’ve never been to Moscow recognize the colorful domes of St. Basil’s Cathedral, which sits on Red Square below the ramparts of the Kremlin.
The Kremlin’s tower-studded, walled complex of domed cathedrals and palaces, which dates to 1156 but occupies a site used for far longer, was the religious center of the Russian Orthodox Church and also the residence of the tsars.
Taken together, these sites symbolize Russia itself and have spent long centuries at the very heart of the nation. The Kremlin sits on Borovitsky Hill, rising above the Moscow River in the center of the city.
Its first white-stone walls and towers went up in 1367-68, and a rebuild little more than a century later employed skilled artists and architects from across Europe to shape the site into roughly its modern form and appearance.
Author's summary: Moscow's cathedrals and palaces symbolize Russia.