🇷🇺 360° St Basil's Cathedral (Собор Василия Блаженного) | Moscow, Russia

A short 360° VR tour video of Saint Basil's Cathedral, which is situated in Moscow's iconic Red Square. It's only a few 360° photospheres in video form at the mo, but some Russian Orthodox Choir chanting has been added to make it a bit more interesting! (The chant is "God With Us", or "С нами Бог" in Russian, as performed by the monks and choir of Kiev Perchersk Lavra).

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Saint Basil's Cathedral

The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed, commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The building, now a museum, is officially known as the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat. It was built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. A world-famous landmark, it was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600.

The original building, known as Trinity Church and later Trinity Cathedral, contained eight side churches arranged around the ninth, central church of Intercession; the tenth church was erected in 1588 over the grave of venerated local Saint Vasily (Basil). In the 16th and 17th centuries, the church, perceived as the earthly symbol of the Heavenly City, as happens to all churches in Byzantine Christianity, was popularly known as the "Jerusalem" and served as an allegory of the Jerusalem Temple in the annual Palm Sunday parade attended by the Patriarch of Moscow and the tsar.
Храм Василия Блаженного

Собор Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы, что на Рву (разговорное название — Собор Василия Блаженного) — православный храм, расположенный на Красной площади в Москве. Широко известный памятник русской архитектуры. До XVII века обычно назывался Троицким, так как первоначальный деревянный храм был посвящён Святой Троице; был также известен как «иерусалимский», что связано как с посвящением одного из приделов, так и с совершавшимся в Вербное воскресенье крестным ходом к нему из Успенского собора с «шествием на осляти» Патриарха.

Saint Basil's Cathedral ¦ Собор Василия Блаженного : https://goo.gl/vP2H9y [EN] ¦ https://goo.gl/a6tdLd [RU]

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Camera: Sony Xperia Z3c (hence the poor quality ... sorry!)

Thanks for watching!

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How to view the 360° video:

Desktop using Google Chrome:
Use your mouse or trackpad to change your view while the video plays.

YouTube app on mobile:
Move your device around to look at all angles while the video plays

Google Cardboard:
Load the video in the YouTube app and tap on the cardboard icon when the video starts to play. Insert your phone in cardboard and enjoy.

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6239930?hl=en-GB

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