Architecture

Ascension Cathedral, Pushkin

The Ascension Cathedral in the town of Sophia (now a part of Pushkin) in the vicinity of Saint Petersburg, was one of the first purely Palladian churches to be built in Russia. Rather paradoxically, it may also be defined as "the first example of Byzantinism in Russian architecture".

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See also

• ▸Cathedral of Évora
• ▸Illegal operation (euphemism)
• ▸Fabriano

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