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Value 5.0. Food Scene 0.0. Atmosphere 4.5. How we rank things to do. The construction of St. Isaac's Cathedral was ordered by Alexander I in the early 1800s. This neoclassical marvel was finally ...
St. Isaac’s Cathedral. Saint Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the most outstanding monuments of Russian art and architecture of the 19 th century. It was created by the French architect August Montferrand, and was under the construction for 40 years – from 1818 to 1858. From the very beginning it was considered to be the main and the greatest ...
Saint Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in Saint Petersburg. The church on St Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I, to replace an earlier Rinaldiesque structure, and was the fourth consecutive church standing at this place.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral is an outstanding monument of Russian architecture of the 19th century and one of the greatest dome constructions in the world, smaller in size only in comparison with the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence
St Isaac's Cathedral is one of the largest religious buildings in the world (height: 101.5 meters; base: over 10,000 square meters; diameter of the dome: about 25 meters). The construction of this highly complex project did much to further the development of constructional engineering and applied art in Russia. Interiors of St. Isaac Cathedral.
Aug 7, 2019 · St Isaacs Cathedral is by far the largest and most world-renowned for its stunning mosaic décor. The gorgeous, classic, decorative wall art that envelopes the interior of St Isaacs actually inspired the revival of mosaic art in Russia in the 19th Century, adding up to 62 separate masterpieces in total, covering 500 square meters!
St Isaac’s is 101.5 meters high. St Isaac’s is a very European-looking basilica. It is square in shape and domed in European tradition. The exterior of the cathedral is decorated with 112 monolithic granite columns at four porticoes around the building. The walls are five meters thick, made of brick and faced with marble both inside and out.
