Editing Red Square (section)

{{Short description|Square in Moscow, Russia}}
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{{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
| WHS         = Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow 
| Image       = Moscow July 2011-16.jpg
| Caption     = 
| Location    = [[Moscow]], Russia
| Criteria    = Cultural: i, ii, iv, r ,87
| ID          = 545
| Year        = 1990
| Coordinates = {{coord|55|45|15|N|37|37|12|E}}
| locmapin    = Central Moscow#Russia#Europe
| map_caption = The location of Red Square in Central Moscow
}}

'''Red Square''' ({{lang-rus|Красная площадь|Krasnaya ploshchad'|p=ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ}}) is one of the oldest and largest [[town square|squares]] in [[Moscow]], Russia. It is located in Moscow's historic centre, along the eastern walls of the [[Moscow Kremlin|Kremlin]]. It is the city's most prominent landmark, with famous buildings such as [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]], [[Lenin's Mausoleum]] and the [[GUM (department store)|GUM department store]]. It has been a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] since 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=UNESCO World Heritage |title=Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/545 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref> Red Square has been the scene of executions, demonstrations, riots, parades, and speeches. Almost 73,000 square metres (800,000 square feet), it lies directly east of the Kremlin and north of the Moskva River. A moat that separated the square from the Kremlin was paved over in 1812.