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The Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed (Russian: Собор Ва�или� Блаженного, Sobor Vasiliya Blazhennogo), commonly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a church in the 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 (Russian: Собор Покрова Пре�в�той Богородицы, что на Рву, Sobor Pokrova Presvyatoy Bogoroditsy, chto na Rvu) or Pokrovsky Cathedral (Russian: Покров�кий �обор).[5] It was built from 1555–61 on orders from Ivan the Terrible and commemorates a capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. A world-famous landmark,[6][7] it was the city's tallest building until the completion of the Ivan the Great Bell Tower in 1600