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    LocationRed Square, Moscow, Russia
    Year consecrated12 July 1561
    Architect(s)Ivan Barma and Postnik Yakovlev
    Groundbreaking1555
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    History

    The site of the church had been, historically, a busy marketplace between the St. Frol's (later Saviour's) Gate of the Moscow Kremlin and the outlying posad. The centre of the marketplace was marked by the Trini… See more

    Architectural style

    Because the church has no analog—in the preceding, contemporary, or later architecture of Muscovy and Byzantine cultural tradition, in general, —the sources that inspired Barma and Postnik are disputed. … See more

    Layout

    Instead of following the original ad hoc layout (seven churches around the central core), Ivan's architects opted for a more symmetrical floor plan with eight side churches around the core, producing "a thoroughly … See more

    Structure

    The foundations, as was traditional in medieval Moscow, were built of white stone, while the churches themselves were built of red brick (28 by 14 by 8 cm (11.0 by 5.5 by 3.1 in)), then a relatively new material (th… See more

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