Description
The Red Square of Superkilen is somewhat smaller than its counterpart in Moscow, which this sign normally designates. The history of the square’s current name is far from simple: contrary to what one might think, the red aspect refers to neither the colour of the building’s bricks nor Soviet communism. The Russian word 'krasnaya', which today primarily means red, used to mean 'beautiful'. The name referred to the characteristic Vasilij cathedral with its onion-shaped domes from 1560, but it subsequently rubbed off onto the surroundings. Only over time, then, did the square gradually acquire its colour; to begin with, it was merely beautiful. The Red Square of Superkilen, however, is born red.
