Cathedral of Jesus Christ Savior on Blood- 1- April- 2011 Photo 13

Cathedral of Jesus Christ Savior on Blood- 1- April- 2011

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July 27th 2011
This Cathedral was made by the Architects, Alfred Parland and Ignacio Malishev between 1883-1907. They used the same shapes and procedures from the Saint Basil's Temple (Moscow), which was the national symbol those times in Russia. The shape of the base of the Cathedral was imagined like the petals of a flower by the Father Ignacio, also he proposed the Name. They got a very hard objective ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more