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St Basil's Cathedral Is Built
Moscow · Russia · Monument · Early Modern
The story
Nine chapels under swirling onion domes form a single riotous composition; legend says Ivan blinded the architects so they could never build its equal.
Its painted domes became the very emblem of Russia.
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