The Cathedral of the Archangel in the Moscow Kremlin was designed by the Italian Aloisio the New for Grand Duke Ivan III. Ground was broken on May 21, 1505, and work finished by the end of 1508. The text says it was consecrated on November 8, 1509, while the infobox lists 1508.
The article calls the style Russian, with Italian Renaissance influence in the exterior, including its five domes and shell-shaped niches. It mentions painted white limestone gateways and niches, whitestone tombstones from 1636 and 1637 and bronze burial cases from 1903. The iconostasis is 43 feet (13 m) high.
The 1737 Kremlin fire damaged it, and soil subsidence tilted it. Fighting in 1917 damaged it, and the Bolsheviks closed it. It became a museum in the 1950s and returned to the Church after 1992. It is part of the Moscow Kremlin Museums, with occasional services. The article gives no hours.
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