Saint Basil's Begun in Moscow
1554
To commemorate the conquest of Kazan, Ivan the Terrible commissioned a cathedral of the Intercession beside Red Square. Architects piled nine domed chapels around a central tower, painting each onion dome a different color. The cathedral would become a visual symbol of Russia itself, and of Ivan's combination of piety and paranoia.
In context
Also in 1554 (3 other events on record)
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.