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Dormition Cathedral, Moscow

1475–1479 · 15th century · Also known as Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, Assumption Cathedral, Moscow, Dormition Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin

The Dormition Cathedral is the principal church of the Moscow Kremlin, rebuilt in 1475–1479 by the Italian architect Aristotele Fioravanti for Ivan III on the model of the cathedral at Vladimir. It served as the mother church of Muscovy and later of the Russian Orthodox Church, where metropolitans and patriarchs were installed and where rulers were crowned, from Ivan IV in 1547 to Nicholas II in 1896.

Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Dormition Cathedral, Moscow. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/dormition-cathedral-moscow
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