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The 10 Best Churches & Cathedrals in Moscow, Central Russia
The political, scientific, historical, architectural and business center of Russia, Moscow displays the country's contrasts at their most extreme. The ancient and modern are juxtaposed side by side in this city of 10 million. Catch a metro from one of the ornate stations to see Red Square, the Kremlin, the nine domes of St. Basil's Cathedral, Lenin's Mausoleum, the KGB Museum and other symbols of Moscow's great and terrible past, then lighten up and shop Boulevard Ring or people watch in Pushkin Square.
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1. Temple Museum of Saint Nicholas
2. Holy Trinity Church
3. Orthodox Church of the Nine Kyzikos Martyrs
4. Temple of the Resurrection
5. Assumption Cathedral
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 32 reviews
Reviewed By drogilmour - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Just as in the Catholic Church wooden gold guided altars were changed when a new art style became fashionable, the icons were changed in the Orthodox and frescoes painted over to make room for better executed ones. Inside the church there are some first frescoes preserved and the differences in style are quite notable. Some wall frescoes and icons are being repaired so on wall is completely concealed by scaffold, meaning some items mentioned on the audio guide are out of sight,
6. Church of the Savior Transfiguration
7. Church of The Beheading of John The Baptist By Bohr
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 28 reviews
8. Church of St. Nicholas
9. Saint Basil's Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 12,380 reviews
Built by Ivan the Terrible in the 1550s, this intriguing cathedral bordering Red Square consists of nine separate chapels, each capped with its own individually shaped and colored dome.
Reviewed By AlSuwaidi_R7 - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
You must visit the iconic symbol of Russia - Moscow and take take a picture outside of this most beautiful building St. Basil’s and capture and the amazing details of this historical architecture in world.
10. Uspensky Cathedral
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 433 reviews
Once used for coronations, this Cathedral Square church is notable for its five golden domes and numerous windows, and contains the wooden coronation throne built for Ivan the Terrible.
Reviewed By Bazlen28
Another fabulous church at the Kremlin. Gorgeous inside, no photography. Plenty to see, it is free entry so gets quite busy, worth it though.
