Red Square and the Cathedral of Basil the Blessed
Description:
Red Square is an amazing place. Many people think that they know everything about it, but believe me, even I regularly learn something new.
Red Square can be run in 15 minutes, but stay longer in this corner of Russian antiquity and you will discover the whole history of Moscow.
The settlement on Borovitsky Hill has existed for a long time, it is not even known exactly since when. It is not even known who built the first fortress here - whether Prince Yuri Dolgoruky, or his son Andrei Bogolyubsky. Red Square was formed after a decree of 1492, which prohibited building anything near the Kremlin wall. I will tell you who issued this decree and why.
Innumerable people who passed through the square for centuries built beautiful buildings and surrounded them not only with walls, but also with myths. You will learn about the Neglinka River, learn when and where it disappeared, where the icon of Nicholas the Wonderworker disappeared from the Nikolskaya Tower of the Kremlin, how Napoleon wanted to show his disregard for centuries-old Moscow traditions and what came out of this,
What event is dedicated to the construction of the Church of the Intercession on the Moat and what later became of its builders. As well as the secrets of the monument to Minin and Pozharsky, how many times GUM was going to be demolished and what the Lobnoye Place was intended for.
And then the most interesting thing awaits us - a stone flower - St. Basil's Cathedral.
The interiors of the cathedral are close labyrinths with internal stairs. At first glance, it seems that this is a single cathedral, but it is not. It has 9 independent churches. All of them are diverse and unique, with their iconostases and prayers. We will talk about the features of medieval architecture and iconography. On specific examples, we learn what voices and the reverse perspective are, according to what principles the iconostasis is built and how to “read” the lives of saints on icons.