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Interior St. Isaac's Cathedral interior. The cathedral's bronze doors, covered in reliefs by Ivan Vitali, are patterned after the celebrated doors of the Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence, designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti. Suspended underneath the peak of the dome is a sculpted white dove representing the Holy Spirit.
The cathedral's facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli.
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The interior is decorated in a florid imitation of medieval ornamentation. This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Sheetz. Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, iron-domed cathedral in St. Petersburg that was designed in Russian Empire style by Auguste de Montferrand.
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The interior design of the cathedral can astonish with the perfection of shapes’ execution, at the same time, the numerous pieces of art, the combination of colourful gems and gilding – all create a rich spectrum of colours.
Within the cathedral, you can not only admire the richly decorated bronze interior, adorned with marbles and granites from all across the Russian empire, but see a model of the wooden frame used to erect the massive columns and a statue of the designer himself, Montferrand. Getting to St Isaac’s Cathedral.
The cathedral is crowned with an immense gilded dome visible at a great distance. The interior decoration of the cathedral is stunningly sumptuous, featuring fourteen kinds of marble, jasper, lapis lazuli, malachite, gilt stucco, frescoes, stained glass and mosaics.
