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Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
The
Cathedral of the Dormition
(, or
Uspensky sobor
) is a
Russian Orthodox
church
dedicated to the
Dormition of the Theotokos
. It is located on the north side of
Cathedral Square
of the
Moscow Kremlin
in
Russia
, where a narrow alley separates the north from the
Patriarch's Palace with the Twelve Apostles Church
. Southwest is
Ivan the Great Bell Tower
. Separately in the southwest, also separated by a narrow passage from the church, is the
Palace of Facets
. The Cathedral is regarded as the
mother church
of
Muscovite Russia
. In its present form it was constructed between 1475–79 at the behest of the Moscow Grand Duke
Ivan III
by the Italian architect
Aristotele Fioravanti
. From 1547 to 1896 it is where the
Coronation of the Russian monarch
was held. In addition, it is the burial place for most of the Moscow
Metropolitan
s and
Patriarchs
of the
Russian Orthodox Church
.
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