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Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg

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contain 6 paintings, each of them depicting a different biblical character. The left door contains the portraits of St Luke the Evangelist, the Archangel Gabriel and St Matthew the Evangelist. The right door depicts St Mark the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist. They were
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and is reminiscent of a palatial hall, being 69 metres in length and 62 metres in height. The interior features numerous sculptures and icons created by the best Russian artists of the day. A wrought-iron
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over, Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon. Kutuzov himself was interred in the cathedral in 1813; and
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separating the cathedral from a small square behind it is sometimes cited as one of the finest ever constructed.
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For a perspicacious account of the "Museum" written a few years before the fall of Soviet communism, see
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the authorities closed the cathedral (January 1932). In November 1932 it reopened as the pro-Marxist "
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Construction of the cathedral started in 1801 and continued for ten years under the supervision of
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The cathedral's huge bronze doors are one of four copies of the original doors of
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The Kazan Cathedral is considered to be the model for the neoclassical style of
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basilica in Russia's then capital, several courtiers supported Voronikhin's
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Art of the royal court: treasures in Pietre Dure from the palaces of Europe
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The cathedral's interior, with its numerous columns, echoes the exterior
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Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg
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Nave & Altar & Three Narthex & Three Porches= 4,000 m.
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invaded Russia (1812) and the commander-in-chief General
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Kirkko Helsingissä, Finnish Evangelic-Lutheran Church.
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Portraits and Observations: The Essays of Truman Capote
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Affiliation
Russian Orthodox
Nevsky Prospect
Saint Petersburg
Architect(s)
Andrey Voronikhin
Style
Empire
kazansky-spb.ru



Russian
romanized
cathedral
Russian Orthodox Church
Nevsky Prospekt
Saint Petersburg
Our Lady of Kazan
icons
Alexander Sergeyevich Stroganov
Nativity of the Theotokos
Andrey Voronikhin
St. Peter's Basilica
Rome
Emperor Paul
Catholic
Empire Style
Napoleon

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