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Saint Isaac's Cathedral

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capitals, each hewn and erected as a single block: 48 at ground level, 24 on the rotunda of the uppermost dome, 8 on each of four side domes, and 2 framing each of four windows. The rotunda is encircled by a walkway accessible to tourists. 24 statues stand on the roof, and another 24 on top of the
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The cathedral took 40 years to construct, under Montferrand's direction, from 1818 to 1858. To secure the construction, the cathedral's foundation was strengthened by driving 25,000 piles into the fenland of Saint Petersburg. Innovative methods were created to erect the giant columns of the portico.
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Twelve great gilt angels, taking the part of the caryatides, support consoles on which stand the bases of the pilasters which form the interior row of the dome and separate the windows. They are twenty-one feet high, and were made by the galvanoplastic process in four pieces, whose welding together
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and other engineers used a number of technological innovations in the construction of the building. The portico columns were raised with the use of large wooden frameworks before the walls were erected. The building rests on 10,000 tree trunks that were sunk by a large number of workers into the
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The transfer of Saint Isaac's Cathedral in use the ROC agreed in January 2017, but the decision has caused discontent of the townspeople, who defended the status of the museum. The decision of the city authorities was disputed in the courts. Currently, the status of the building is museum. Today,
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is invisible. They could in this manner be made so light that, in spite of their dimensions, they would not be too heavy for the cupola. This crown of gilt angels, poised amid a flood of light, and shining with rich reflections, produces an extremely rich effect.
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With the fall of communism, the museum was removed and regular worship activity has resumed in the cathedral, but only in the left-hand side chapel. The main body of the cathedral is used for services on feast days only.
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government in 1931 and has remained a museum ever since, with church services held in a side chapel since the 1990s. In 2017, the Governor of Saint Petersburg offered to transfer the cathedral back to the
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and other great Russian masters of the day. When these paintings began to deteriorate due to the cold, damp conditions inside the cathedral, Montferrand ordered them to be painstakingly reproduced as
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government, the building was stripped of religious trappings. In 1931, it was turned into the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, the dove sculpture was removed, and replaced by a
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The meticulous and painstakingly detailed work on constructing the St. Isaac's Cathedral took 40 years to complete. This extended construction left an expression in the
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exterior expresses the traditional Russian-Byzantine formula of a Greek-cross ground plan with a large central dome and four subsidiary domes. It is similar to
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Design model of the cathedral, 1818–1821, designed by Montferrand, wood, plaster, metal, oil paint, gilding, collection of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
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technology, making them only millimeters thick and very lightweight. St. Isaac's Cathedral represents the first use of this technique in architecture.
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of angels by Josef Hermann. These angels were likely the first large sculptures produced by the then novel process of
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A model of the wooden framework used to erect the columns of St. Isaac's Cathedral is on display inside.
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of that saint. It was originally built as a cathedral but was turned into a museum by the
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The exterior is faced with gray and pink stone, and features a total of 112 red granite
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The construction costs of the cathedral totalled an incredible sum of 1 000 000 gold
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at the cathedral in the first royal wedding to take place in Russia since 1917.
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of architecture, had to step in and solve the dispute in Montferrand's favour.
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marshy banks upon which the cathedral is situated. The dome was gilded by a
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg
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With an internal height of 69 m (from the floor to the level of the
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The interior was originally decorated with scores of paintings by
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structure, and was only the third dome to be constructed this way.
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St. Isaac blessing the Emperor Theodosius and his wife Flaccilla
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church services are held here only on ecclesiastical occasions.
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structure. It was the third historical instance of cast iron
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Montferrand's design of the dome is based on a supporting
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is framed by eight columns of semiprecious stone: six of
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St. Isaac's western doors, detail showing the apostles
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Gautier, Théophile; Tyson, Florence MacIntyre (1905).
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View looking out from the cathedral onto Isaac Square
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determine the positions of German artillery batteries
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St Isaac's Cathedral guide, a large photo collection
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Index

St Isaac's Cathedral

Affiliation
State Russian Museum
Russian Orthodox
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Architect(s)
Auguste de Montferrand
Style
Neoclassical
Byzantine
Cathedral.ru
Russian
romanized
Saint Petersburg
Russia
Saint Isaac of Dalmatia
patron saint
Peter the Great
feast day
Soviet
Russian Orthodox Church

St Isaac's Square
Tsar
Alexander I
Vincenzo Brenna
architect
Auguste de Montferrand

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