St.Basil's Cathedral - from the Inside

Photographs, especially my own feeble pictures, cannot do justice to the insides of St.Basil's Cathedral. Wow. After walking back to Red Square, Rosalie and I ventured into Moscow's most famous tourist attraction and spent a half-hour wandering through its labyrinthian hallways & chapels. The space is dense with detail and history, and you do get the sense that the building was cobbled together over time, as opposed to being constructed with one singular plan in mind. There's not a sense of fluid movement between each space so much as it feels like each additional Church has been laid atop the last one, and spending any time in the cavern-like halls and winding stairs between chapels gives you a certain claustrophobic feeling. Apparently the inside of the building was damaged during wars, but it's been restored several times. The chapels themselves are amazing, with high, vaulted domes, and rich tapestries and paintings on the walls. Heavy candelabras and lanterns adorned with blessings were used to light the space in centuries past. I'm so glad we ventured inside - I've never been in anything like it. Below is footage of the "Russian Men's Choir" singing inside the cathedral, and then some pics I took.