Assumption Cathedral

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Assumption Cathedral is a prominent Orthodox Christian cathedral, most famously the medieval church in Moscow’s Kremlin that served as the main site for Russian royal coronations and major religious ceremonies.

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Label Occurrences
Assumption Cathedral canonical 4

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Orthodox cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cathedral of the Dormition ⓘ
linked to: Dormition Cathedral

Uspensky Cathedral ⓘ
linked to: Dormition Cathedral
architect Aristotele Fioravanti ⓘ
architecturalStyle Italian Renaissance influence ⓘ
Russian architecture ⓘ
builtFor Ivan III of Russia ⓘ
category Cathedrals in Moscow ⓘ
Russian Orthodox cathedrals ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Russia ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1475 ⓘ
coordinates 55.7506°N 37.6176°E ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
damageEvent suffered damage during the 1812 French occupation of Moscow ⓘ
dedicatedTo Dormition of the Mother of God ⓘ
era late 15th century ⓘ
function major venue for state religious ceremonies ⓘ
site of coronations of Russian tsars ⓘ
site of enthronement of Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Moscow ⓘ
governingBody Moscow Kremlin Museums ⓘ
linked to: Kremlin Armoury
hasDomeCount 5 ⓘ
heritageStatus museum and functioning church ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1479 ⓘ
influenced later Russian church architecture ⓘ
interiorFeature extensive fresco decoration ⓘ
five-domed structure ⓘ
iconostasis with historic icons ⓘ
locatedIn Moscow ⓘ
Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
notableEvent coronation of Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) in 1547 ⓘ
coronation of Nicholas II in 1896 ⓘ
coronation of Peter I (Peter the Great) ⓘ
partOf Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ⓘ
linked to: Moscow Kremlin
patron Grand Duchy of Moscow ⓘ
precededBy earlier stone cathedral on the same site destroyed in 1470s ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
restoration underwent major restoration in the 20th century ⓘ
roofType golden domes ⓘ
significance main cathedral of the Russian state in the late medieval and early modern period ⓘ
symbolizes spiritual and political authority of Muscovy and later Russia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1990 ⓘ
usedFor major Orthodox feast day liturgies ⓘ
state funerals of church hierarchs ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dormition Cathedral → alsoKnownAs → Assumption Cathedral ⓘ
Patriarch's Palace → locatedNear → Assumption Cathedral ⓘ
Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius → hasPart → Assumption Cathedral ⓘ