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Kazan Cathedral

cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg

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Affiliation: Russian Orthodox
Location: Nevsky Prospect 25, Saint Petersburg
Architect: Andrey Voronikhin
Style: Empire
Length: 82.5 m (NS-WE interior), 90 m (exterior-stairs)
Width: 86 m (exterior-stairs)
Interior area: 4,000 m (interior) , 6,200 m (exterior)
Height max: 71.6 m (top cross)

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Interior view Interior view of the dome Interior, people at the iconostasis Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor (Russian: Казанский кафедральный собор, romanized: Kazanskiy kafedral'nyy sobor), also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg. It is dedicated to Our Lady of Kazan, one of the most venerated icons in Russia.

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