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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.
- 12,000, 260,000 m³ (volume)
- 1858
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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Saint Isaac’s Cathedral, iron-domed cathedral in St. Petersburg that was designed in Russian Empire style by Auguste de Montferrand. Covering 2.5 acres (1 hectare), it was completed in 1858 after four decades of construction. The granite and marble building is cruciform, and its great dome is one.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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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.
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.
A tour inside the cathedral will take you through amazing mosaic and painting Icons; beautiful statues of angels, evangelists and apostles; massive columns of malachite and lapis lazuli; stained glass window of The Resurrected Christ behind the altar, and much more.
