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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Saint Petersburg, Rossiya, Russiaen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1712-1733 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorTrezzini, Domenicoen_US
dc.date1712-1733en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-18T19:52:03Z
dc.date.available2013-01-18T19:52:03Z
dc.date.issued1712-1733en_US
dc.identifier185462en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1659en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/92687
dc.descriptionSide view along the south elevation; Trezzini designed the brick-built cathedral of SS Peter and Paul (1712-1733) in place of the wooden church of the Peter and Paul Fortress. This three-aisled basilica, with a dome at the east end, a tower and a tall gilded spire (122.5 m) over the west entrance, is one of the dramatic landmarks of the city. The exterior has restrained decoration of pilasters and volutes, and the interior an applied Corinthian order and Baroque iconostasis (1722-1726) by Ivan Zarudny. The cathedral, which houses the tombs of Peter I and his successors, represents a radical departure from the traditional Russian onion-domed style: in the words of a contemporary, it was built ‘not after the Byzantine, but after the new taste’. When built it was the tallest building in St. Petersburg (still second only to a modern television tower). In 1998 the remains of Tsar Nicholas II and his family were reburied here. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 12/17/2008)en_US
dc.format.mediumbrick; stone; gilded copper; marbleen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectsaintsen_US
dc.subjectPeter I, Emperor of Russia, 1672-1725en_US
dc.subjectgilded needle spireen_US
dc.subjectangel weathervaneen_US
dc.subjectornate iconostasisen_US
dc.subjectBaroqueen_US
dc.subjectEighteenth centuryen_US
dc.titleCathedral of Saints Peter and Paulen_US
dc.title.alternativePetropavlovsky soboren_US
dc.title.alternativeSS Peter and Paul Cathedralen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-TD-CPP-B9en_US
vra.culturalContextRussianen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecathedralen_US
dc.contributor.displayDomenico Trezzini (Swiss architect, ca. 1670-1734)en_US


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