Eyewitness Travel Guides Moscow
27 July 2003
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Unlike the other Kremlin cathedrals, which were created by Italians, the ornate Cathedral of the Annunciation is a wholly Russian affair. Commisioned by Ivan III in 1484 as a royal chapel, it stands beside the Faceted Palace, which is all that remains of a large palace built for Ivan III around the same time. The cathedral, built by architects from Pskov, originally had three domes and open galleries on all sides but, after a fire in 1547, the corner chapels were added and the galleries were enclosed.
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