On the very south side of Red Square, the magnificent St. Basily's Cathedral offsets the grey and red stone of the rest of the Kremlin. Certainly my personal favorite, seeing it for the first time made my skin tingle, because I could not believe it was really there. Used as the model for the palace in Walt Disney's Aladdin, when you first make site of it, you think you're looking at a painting hanging from the sky... no structure in the world has this elaborate and vivid collection of colors. Unfortunately, this time of the year, the sun is still low in the sky, so the best pictures of it have to be from the south, and currently there are many preparations for the May Day parade, which is all being put together in the coblestone parking lot on the south side (hence all the heavy equipment).
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