Red Square, Moscow

Surrounded by the Kremlin wall to the west, Cathedral of Visiliy to the north, the GUM (Government stores to the east) and St. Basily's Cathedral to the south, Red Square has served as a market place, sites of executions, celebrations and the notorious May Day parades we've all seen in pictures and on TV of the Soviet Union's military might. Mostly now it is just a tourist destination. The Lenin Mausoleum rests in the west center of square, flushed to the Kremlin wall. The entire square is coblestone and is probably 200 meters wide and 500 meters long.