Posts Tagged ‘cathedral’
Caption:
Domes of the Cathedral of the Birth of the Theotokos in Veliko Turnovo.
Description:
The Cathedral of the Birth of the Theotokos in Veliko Turnovo is one of the most impressive religious buildings of the famous National Revival architect Ficheto
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Photo Comments:
Veliko Turnovo is one of the most picturesque major towns of Bulgaria with a wonderful range of architecture from Byzantine times to the present day.
The great National Revival architect Ficheto built a number of the finest buildings in the town.
This cathedral is in a fairly restricted precinct so I decided to concentrate on some of the details.
I handheld a telephoto zoom to capture the green domes and crosses of this iconic building.
Caption:
Alexander Nevsky in Winter.
Description:
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Memorial church is the most prominent Christian monument in Sofia and was Russian built by Pomerantsev to celebrate the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire.
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Photo Comments:
This is a straightforward picture photographically except for two points.
First, it emphasises that you can only get a picture if you’re willing to go out and get it and:
Snow photos only work if you check the exposure carefully and make sure the highlights aren’t blown.
Caption:
Handles of the main door of Alexander Nevsky.
The Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral Church is the most prominent Christian monument in Sofia.
It is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world and is in the Neo Byzantine Style.
It occupies an area of 3170 m² and can take 5,000 people inside.
It was built to honour the Russian soldiers who died during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule.
The cathedral was designed by Alexander Pomerantsev, aided by Alexander Smirnov and Alexander Yakovlev.
It’s a cross domed basilica with a 45m high gold plated dome with twelve bells weighing from 10 kg to 12 tons.
The central dome has the Lord’s Prayer inscribed around it with thin gold letters and the interior is richly decorated.
The construction started in 1882 but the main building was from 1904 -1912.
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