St. Isaac’s Cathedral – a unique monument of Russian architecture and one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe Its history dates back to 1710 when the Admiralty in the shed, a temporary wooden church was constructed.. The cathedral was consecrated in the name of St. Isaac of Dalmatia, the revered St. Peter I, as emperor was born in his Memorial Day – May 30 to the Julian calendar
Built in 1818-1858 years by the architect Auguste de Montferrand;. oversaw the construction of the Emperor Nicholas I, chairman of the commission of building was Carl Opperman.
St. Isaac’s Cathedral is one of the largest facilities of St. Petersburg. His gilded dome dominates the city center. His size cathedral far exceeds all other churches of St. Petersburg, and, moreover, contains more than 12 thousand. Man.
On the walls inside the cathedral you can see 62 mosaic pictures. These mosaics are made in the years 1851-1914 and highlights the exceptional abundance and brightness of colors.
Building seems quite heavy-handed, and with all its splendor, in the guise of St. Isaac’s Cathedral felt the sunset of the Classical period. The outer colonnade of the cathedral consists of 112 columns, which are granite monoliths. Multi-column porticos on all sides surrounded by a quadrangular building of the cathedral, on the main part of which stands a drum, topped by a great dome. On its sides there are four smaller domes. The central dome is beautiful in its pattern and fits perfectly into the image of the city.