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Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel

cathedral, Moscow, Russia
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The Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel is located within the Kremlin of Moscow. This cathedral was rebuilt in 1505–08 and serves as the burial place for the princes of Moscow and the tsars of Russia, with the exception of Boris Godunov, up until the founding of St. Petersburg. It is one of three magnificent cathedrals grouped around Cathedral Square, representing Russian church architecture at its peak in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The cathedral's architecture is largely modeled after churches in Vladimir, with Italian architects incorporating basic Byzantine planning and design, though they introduced some Italian decorative motifs to the exterior of St. Michael the Archangel.12

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