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St. Issac's Cathedral
The Cathedral
of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, by Auguste Ricard de Montferrand,
1818-58; Peter I was born on the church calendar day of
St. Isaac. The cathedral has 4 porticos (it is unique
in Russian church tradition to have even a blind entrance
on the eastern facade, where the altar is located); each
of the total of 48 portico columns weighs 114 tons and
was quarried at the Piuterlaks Works in Finland. Some
of the granite columns in the west portico, show WWII
damage (most German artillery shells came into the city
from the west). Most construction in old St. Petersburg
is of brick stuccoed over, imitating stone, a medium which
can be redone. The granite columns are one of the few
places where damage is still visible. |
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