MOSCOW CHURCHES

Sobor Blagoveshcheniya Presvyatoi Bogoroditsi (Annunciation Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin. It was built between 1484 and 1489 to replace a 14th century church. It contains icons created by Theophanes the Greek and Andrei Rublev. (Svyatni - 16) .

Details of west portal door of Annunciation Cathedral in Kremlin (Krasnovski - 60)

Floor plan of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin (Krasnovski - 54)

Cathedral of Annunciation in Kremlin - detail of dorway between porch and church proper.

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view through main doorway from porch into church proper. Iconostasis is in the background.

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view of part of Iconostasis and one wall and column

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view up to ceiling and dome.

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view of lower section of Iconostasis with holy door.

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view of a side wall.

Cathedral of the Annunciation in the Kremlin - view of door between porch and church proper.

Cathedral of the Annunciation - behind it part of the Grand Kremlin palace and to the right a part of the Palace of Facets.

Detail of domes of the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

Grand Kremlin Palace behind the Cathedral of Annunciation.

Grand Kremlin Palace and Cathedral of Annunciation. The palace was built in 1838-49 by architects supervised by Konstantin Thon at the location of a previous palace built by Rastrelli.

Iconostatis inside Cathedral of Annunciation, some of the icons were created by Theophanes the Greek and others by Andrei Rubylov

Another view of domes of the Cathedral of the Annunciation.

View of tops of domes of Cathedral of the Annunciation, (Blagoveshchenski Sobor). The Cathedral was built in 1484-9 on the foundation of a 14th century cathedral with three domes. The others were added during the reign of Ivan IV.