Onion Domes: variety and colour

The Onion Domes of the Russian Orthodox Church are the crowning architectural feature of churches, monasteries & convents. They are varied in form & rich in symbolism with regard to both number & colour. Some are amazingly inventive & colourful.

Carole-Anne Fooks

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Contrasting domes on the Church of Resurrection of Christ, also known as the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg. Erected between 1883 & 1907, on the spot where Czar Alexander II was mortally wounded.

Contrasting domes on the Church of Resurrection of Christ, also known as the Church of the Saviour on the Spilled Blood, Saint Petersburg. Erected between 1883 & 1907, on the spot where Czar Alexander II was mortally wounded.

 

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Onion Domes: variety and colour

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