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Saint Isaacs Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) is a cathedral that currently functions as a museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The cathedrals facades are decorated with sculptures and massive granite columns (made of single pieces of red granite), while the interior is adorned with incredibly detailed mosaic icons, paintings and columns made of malachite and lapis lazuli. A large, brightly colored stained glass window of the "Resurrected Christ" takes pride of place inside the main altar. The church, designed to accommodate 14,000 standing worshipers, was closed in the early 1930s and reopened as a museum. Today, church services are held here only on major ecclesiastical occasions.
San Isaac de Dalmacia.
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Maqueta que muestra las 4 iglesias de San Isaac.聖以撒4座教堂的模型.
Litografía de la primera iglesia de madera de San Isaac.1710.
St. Isaacs Cathedral was originally the citys main church and the largest cathedral in Russia. It was built between 1818 and 1858, by the French-born architect Auguste Montferrand, to be one of the most impressive landmarks of the Russian Imperial capital. One hundred and eighty years later the gilded dome of St. Isaacs still dominates the skyline of St. Petersburg. Although the cathedral is considerably smaller than the newly rebuilt Church of Christ the Savior in Moscow, it boasts much more impressive fades and interiors.
From the time of Tsar Peter I a series of four cathedrals were built in St. Petersburg dedicated to St. Isaac of Dalmatia on whose name’s day the Emperor Peter was born. In the first of these churches Peter Alekseevich and Ekaterina Alekseevna (the future Elisabeth I) were married on February 19, 1712. Built too close to the river, it was soon destroyed by floods. Peter broke ground for the second cathedral on August 6, 1717. Due to an inadequate foundation the walls of the church cracked and crumbled by mid-century. The ground breaking for the third cathedral, built by Antonio Rinaldi, was on August 8, 1768. After many delays, including Rinaldi’s death in 1794, this cathedral was consecrated on May 30, 1802 and was the principal cathedral in St. Petersburg. In 1817, the plaster in the vaults that had become wet collapsed. This incident had a profound effect on the people, resulting in His Eminence Vladimir, Vicar of St. Petersburg, ordering suspension of services in the cathedral after examination showed further damage of the plaster due to dampness. The throne, iconostasis, icons, and liturgical articles were stored. Until a renovated cathedral was available, the clergy of St Isaac’s conducted services in a side chapel, dedicated to St. Isaac, of the cathedral of St. Spiridon of Trimiphunt.
Majestuosos interiores de la cuarta y definitiva Catedral de San Isaac.
