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The cathedral was built under the guidance of Italian architect, Alevisio Novi, (Alionzo Lamberti da Montanyano). Novi created a highly original structure by superimposing elements of architectural styles of the Italian Renaissance onto the traditional Russian form of five domes and six pillars. The fasade is decorated with cornices, pilasters with capitals, a false arcade and many other ...
The Cathedral of the Archangel is the second important church of Kremlin. The magnificent masterpiece of Russian Architecture was built in 1505-1509 by Aleviz Noviy, an architect from Italy. The design of the Cathedral contains five domes, that are shifted to the east.
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Photo from https://architectureguru.ru/ The Archangel Cathedral was modelled on the Kremlin’s nearby Assumption Cathedral. It merges Russian and Italian Renaissance architectural features, with unusual elements reminiscent of Italian palazzos. The façade is divided into two tiers decorated with pilasters and arches; the top tiers are crowned with o...
56 members of the royal family from the 14th to the 18th centuries are laid to rest in the Archangel Cathedral. Their white stone sarcophagi are adorned with elegant carvings and epitaphs, and of particular interest are the sacred portraits of the Russian princes painted above their tombs, which depict the unification of all the lands of North-East...
Photo from https://architectureguru.ru/ The surviving frescos of the Archangel Cathedral are simple yet beautiful. The central dome depicts Jesus Christ, and two other domes portray Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The frescoes of the southern and northern walls of the cathedral are dedicated to the Archangel Michael and the wonders he performed on ...
Two small exhibitions are housed in the Archangel Cathedral. In the southern extension is an exposition about the Voznesensky Convent, which was founded by Grand Duchess Evdokia in the early 1400s and demolished by the Soviets. It displays icons, photographs, liturgical objects, and gifts from the royal family to the convent. In the north-eastern s...
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The cathedral was built under the guidance of Italian architect, Alevisio Novi, (Alionzo Lamberti da Montanyano). Novi created a highly original structure by superimposing elements of architectural styles of the Italian Renaissance onto the traditional Russian form of five domes and six pillars. The fasade is decorated with cornices, pilasters with capitals, a false arcade and many other ...
- Kremlevskaya naberezhnaya, Moscow, Russia
Like the nearby Assumption Cathedral, it has five domes and is essentially Byzantine-Russian in style. However, the exterior has many Venetian Renaissance features, notably the distinctive scallop-shell gables and porticoes.
Here, focus on the domes, where only the central onion dome is gold, the two lower helmet domes are silver-blue. Cathedral of the Archangel, dome view, Cathedral Square, Kremlin, Moscow This structure has clear Venetian elements.
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From the 1720s onward, Peter I 's Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg became the new imperial mausoleum. Of the later Romanovs, only Peter II (r. 1727 – 1730) was buried in the Cathedral of the Archangel. However, the imperial family continued to pay their respects at their ancestors' tombs after coronations and on other major state occasions.
