Cathedral of the Archangel

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Russian Orthodox church cathedral cultural heritage monument

The Cathedral of the Archangel is a prominent Russian Orthodox church in Moscow’s Kremlin, historically used as the main burial place of Russian tsars and grand princes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Archangel Cathedral	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian Orthodox church ⓘ cathedral ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ
architect	Aloisio the New ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Italian Renaissance Russian architecture ⓘ
belongsToDiocese	Moscow diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov ⓘ surface form: Aleksey I of Russia Ivan Kalita ⓘ Ivan IV the Terrible ⓘ surface form: Ivan the Terrible Mikhail I of Russia ⓘ Vasili III of Russia ⓘ surface form: Vasily III of Russia early Russian tsars ⓘ many grand princes of Moscow ⓘ
completionDate	1508 ⓘ
constructionEnd	1508 ⓘ
constructionStart	1505 ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Michael ⓘ surface form: Archangel Michael
floorPlanType	cross-in-square plan ⓘ
function	burial church of Russian rulers ⓘ
hasAltarOrientation	east ⓘ
hasBellTowerRelation	near Ivan the Great Bell Tower ⓘ
hasCentralDomeColor	gilded ⓘ
hasDomeColor	silver ⓘ
hasDomeCount	5 ⓘ
hasFrescoes	interior wall paintings ⓘ
hasFunction	museum ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
hasIconostasis	multi-tiered iconostasis ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site component
locatedIn	Moscow ⓘ Moscow Kremlin ⓘ
locatedInComplex	Cathedral Square ⓘ
mainBurialsPeriodEnd	early 18th century ⓘ
mainBurialsPeriodStart	14th century ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
neighboringBuilding	Annunciation Cathedral ⓘ Dormition Cathedral ⓘ
partOf	Moscow Kremlin ⓘ surface form: Moscow Kremlin ensemble
predecessorBuilding	stone cathedral of 1333 ⓘ
religion	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
roofType	pitched roof with kokoshniki ⓘ
significance	important monument of Russian statehood ⓘ symbolic burial place of Russian rulers ⓘ
unescoInscriptionYear	1990 ⓘ
unescoSite	Moscow Kremlin ⓘ surface form: Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
usedAs	main necropolis of Moscow princes and tsars ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Aleksey Mikhailovich Romanov → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Alexis of Russia → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Dmitry Donskoy → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Feodor III of Russia → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Ivan I of Moscow → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Ivan III of Russia → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archangel Cathedral

Ivan V of Russia → burialPlace → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Kremlin → hasPart → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Ivan the Great Bell Tower → locatedNear → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

Patriarch's Palace → locatedNear → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archangel Cathedral

Dormition Cathedral → nearby → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Archangel Cathedral

Cathedral of the Annunciation → neighboringBuilding → Cathedral of the Archangel ⓘ