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Kazan Cathedral
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cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- architectural landmark
- Named after
- Our Lady of Kazan
- Religion
- Eastern Orthodoxy
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Located in
- Tsentralny District
- Material used
- brick
- Official website
- www.kazansky-spb.ru
- Image
- Spb 06-2012 Nevsky various 02.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kazan Cathedral
- diocese
- Diocese of Saint Petersburg
- architectural style
- Classicism
- date of official opening
- 1811-00-00
- inception
- 1801-00-00
- date of official closure
- 1932-00-00
- native label
- Собор Казанской иконы Божией Матери
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- directions
- Казанская площадь, 2, Казанская улица, 3
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kazan Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.