Dormition Cathedral

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Russian Orthodox church cathedral cultural heritage monument landmark

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.

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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian Orthodox church → cathedral → cultural heritage monument → landmark →
alsoKnownAs	Assumption Cathedral →
architect	Aristotele Fioravanti →
architecturalStyle	Italian Renaissance influence → Russian architecture →
builtByOrderOf	Ivan III →
closedForWorshipIn	Soviet era →
constructionEnd	1479 →
constructionStart	1475 →
country	Russia →
currentUse	museum → place of worship →
dedicatedTo	Dormition of the Theotokos →
governingBody	Moscow Kremlin Museums →
hasDomeCount	5 →
hasFeature	frescoed interior → golden domes → iconostasis → stone vaults →
hasFloorPlanType	cross-in-square church →
hasIcon	Our Lady of Vladimir (historically housed) →
locatedIn	Cathedral Square → Moscow → Moscow Kremlin →
material	white limestone →
nearby	Annunciation Cathedral → Archangel Cathedral → Ivan the Great Bell Tower →
partOf	Kremlin and Red Square UNESCO World Heritage Site →
predecessorBuildingDemolishedIn	1474 →
religion	Russian Orthodox Church →
reopenedForServicesIn	late 20th century →
restoredIn	19th century →
roofType	barrel vaults →
significance	main church of the Moscow Kremlin → spiritual center of the Russian Orthodox Church → symbol of Russian statehood →
sufferedDamageIn	Napoleonic invasion of 1812 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatusInscriptionYear	1990 →
usedFor	Orthodox liturgy → enthronement of metropolitans → enthronement of patriarchs → royal weddings → state ceremonies → tsarist coronations →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catherine I of Russia ("Uspensky Cathedral, Moscow") → False Dmitry I ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") → Feodor III of Russia ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") → Ivan IV the Terrible ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") → Ivan V of Russia → Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark) → Mikhail I of Russia ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") → Nicholas II of Russia → Peter II of Russia ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") →	coronationPlace
Cathedral of the Annunciation → Cathedral of the Archangel →	neighboringBuilding
Patriarch Hermogenes ("Dormition Cathedral, Moscow Kremlin") →	burialPlace
Kremlin ("Cathedral of the Dormition") →	hasPart
Ivan the Great Bell Tower →	locatedNear