Kazan Cathedral

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Kazan Cathedral, with a colonnade of 96 Corinthian columns arranged in four rows, forms an extended arc facing Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg: Kazan Cathedral

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Kazan Cathedral

building, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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…Catholic Church (1763–83), and the Kazan Cathedral (1801–11). The last edifice, undoubtedly the street’s finest feature, was designed by Andrey Voronikhin in Russian Neoclassical style and has an interior rich in sculptures and paintings. A magnificent semicircular Corinthian colonnade dominates its exterior. Another interesting building is the department store Gostiny…
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…Catholic Church (1763–83), and the Kazan Cathedral (1801–11). The last edifice, undoubtedly the street’s finest feature, was designed by Andrey Voronikhin in Russian Neoclassical style and has an interior rich in sculptures and paintings. A magnificent semicircular Corinthian colonnade dominates its exterior. Another interesting building is the department store Gostiny…
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