Kazan Cathedral

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Architecture · 1801–1811 · Saint Petersburg · Eastern Europe & Russia

A curved colonnade modelled on St Peter's in Rome; Kutuzov is buried inside

Kazan Cathedral — A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Author: Andrey Voronikhin
Style: Neoclassicism — A return to Greece and Rome after the excavations: strict orders, clear contour, civic virtue
Century: 19th century

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