The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood

The Church of the Resurrection of Christ, also known as "The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood" is one of the biggest Orthodox churches in Russia - St. Petersburg. The church is also known by the name of The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ - its official name. Its name refers to the blood of Alexander II of Russia, who was murdered in that place on March 13, 1881.
Construction of the Great church began in 1883 under Tsar Alexander III as a tribute in memory of his father. Work went slowly, being completed only in 1907, during the reign of Nicholas II. The financing were provided by the royal family, along with many private donations from the locals and others.
The church is located in an open space, occupying one of the banks of the Griboedov canal that crosses the city of St. Petersburg. On the actual place of the church occurred the event that led to receiving the name "Church of the spilled blood".
From the architectural point of view, this cathedral is different from the other buildings in the city of St. Petersburg. The architecture of the city is mostly baroque and neoclassical. The Church of the Spilled Blood is anchored in the medieval Russian style, in the spirit of the national romantic architecture. The church intended to update the image of the XVII- century Yaroslavl churches and St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow.
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ shows an area of ​​more than 7500 square meters of mosaics according to what the restorers say – being the church with the largest mosaic area in the world.
The interior was designed by some of the most famous Russian architects of the time - among them being included Viktor Vasnetsov, Mikhail Nesterov and Mikhail Vrubel - but the one who led the entire team was the master architect Alfred Alexandrovich Parland.

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