Kazan Cathedral
Also known as Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
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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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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