Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed

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Russian Orthodox church cathedral cultural heritage monument landmark tourist attraction

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed is a famous 16th-century Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Red Square, renowned for its colorful onion domes and iconic status as a symbol of Russia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed canonical	1
Собор Василия Блаженного	1
собор Василия Блаженного в Москве	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11273888 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed
Context triple: [The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat, alsoKnownAs, Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed]

A. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic and once-destroyed, now restored Orthodox church that serves as one of the principal temples of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine.
B. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Vladimir, renowned for its medieval architecture and important role in the religious and political life of medieval Rus.
C. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Kremlin, renowned as the traditional site of tsarist coronations and a central symbol of the Russian state and church.
D. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Orthodox church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, renowned for its baroque architecture and prominent bell tower.
E. Cathedral of the Dormition
The Cathedral of the Dormition is the principal church of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia, serving as its main liturgical and administrative center.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed
Target entity description: The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed is a famous 16th-century Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Red Square, renowned for its colorful onion domes and iconic status as a symbol of Russia.

A. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Orthodox church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, renowned for its baroque architecture and prominent bell tower.
B. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Vladimir, renowned for its medieval architecture and important role in the religious and political life of medieval Rus.
C. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Kremlin, renowned as the traditional site of tsarist coronations and a central symbol of the Russian state and church.
D. Dormition Cathedral
Dormition Cathedral is a historic and once-destroyed, now restored Orthodox church that serves as one of the principal temples of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Kyiv, Ukraine.
E. Cathedral of the Dormition
The Cathedral of the Dormition is the principal church of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia, serving as its main liturgical and administrative center.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian Orthodox church ⓘ cathedral ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Russian Revival influence ⓘ Russian architecture ⓘ Russian tented roof architecture ⓘ
builtToCommemorate	capture of Kazan ⓘ conquest of the Khanate of Kazan and Astrakhan ⓘ
commissionedBy	Ivan IV of Russia ⓘ linked to: Ivan IV the Terrible Ivan the Terrible ⓘ linked to: Ivan IV the Terrible
constructionEnd	1561 ⓘ
constructionStart	1555 ⓘ
coordinates	55.7525°N 37.6231°E ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
currentUse	museum ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Intercession of the Theotokos ⓘ linked to: Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) Saint Basil the Blessed ⓘ
denomination	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat ⓘ Pokrovsky Cathedral ⓘ Saint Basil's Cathedral ⓘ linked to: St. Basil's Cathedral
hasChapel	central Church of the Intercession of the Virgin ⓘ linked to: Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin chapel of Saint Alexander Svirsky ⓘ chapel of Saint Nicholas Velikoretsky ⓘ chapel of Saint Varlaam of Khutyn ⓘ chapel of Saints Cyprian and Justina ⓘ chapel of the Entry into Jerusalem ⓘ chapel of the Holy Trinity ⓘ chapel of the Intercession of the Virgin over the Moat ⓘ linked to: Iverskaya Chapel chapel of the Three Patriarchs of Constantinople ⓘ
height	approximately 47.5 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
heritageStatus	federal cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
locatedIn	Moscow ⓘ Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ Red Square ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
nearbyLandmark	GUM department store ⓘ Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin ⓘ linked to: Spasskaya Tower
notableFeature	asymmetrical composition of chapels ⓘ central tented roof church surrounded by chapels ⓘ colorful onion domes ⓘ
numberOfDomes	9 ⓘ
owner	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ linked to: Eastern Orthodox Christianity
roofType	tented roof ⓘ
symbolOf	Moscow ⓘ Russia ⓘ
touristRegion	Central Federal District of Russia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1990 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow ⓘ linked to: Moscow Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

The Intercession of the Theotokos on the Moat → alsoKnownAs → Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed ⓘ

Государственный универсальный магазин → overlooks → Собор Василия Блаженного ⓘ

linked to: Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed

Спас на Крови → inspiredBy → собор Василия Блаженного в Москве ⓘ