St. Basil's Cathedral, Moscow
St. Basil's cathedral was built near the Red Square to honor the military success of Ivan's campaign against the mongols in 1552. Since the Kazan Qolsharif mosque had been the principal symbol of the Khanate captured by Ivan the Terrible, some elements from the mosque were incorporated into the cathedral to symbolize the victory. The cathedral was all white to match the white-stone ...