Nikolsky Cathedral description and photos - Russia - Volga region: Kazan (Topic)

Nikolsky Cathedral description and photos - Russia - Volga region: Kazan. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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Nikolsky Cathedral is a temple complex of the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the center of Kazan on Bauman Street. It is a city landmark and a monument of cult architecture. Since 1946, the cathedral has been functioning as a cathedral. The cathedral is an architectural complex of administrative buildings, interconnecting the Pokrovskaya and Nikolo-Nizskaya churches, a bell tower and a chapel.

The Nikolo-Nizskaya church was named so that it could be distinguished from other Kazan churches dedicated to Nikolai the Wonderworker ... For example, from the church of St. Nicholas Gostiny, which was nearby.

The Nicholas-Nizskaya Church (Church In the Name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker) is a brick plastered building. The church facades are decorated in an eclectic style typical of the late 19th century. The church building has a classical structure: pillarless, with one head, one apse. The main entrance is on the western facade, located on Bauman Street. The entrance is decorated on both sides with rectangular niches. The second entrance is from the side of the churchyard. The building has two tiers, which are decorated with flat, profiled blades. On the second floor there are rectangular windows with complex-shaped trims: with elements of semi-columns and ending with sandrids. The frieze is decorated with geometric stucco decoration. Decor elements alternate with triglyphs located above the shoulder blades. The building ends with a figured attic and a dome on a figured drum.

The Church of the Intercession is an architectural monument made in the Russian Baroque style. It was built in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The three-apse brick temple was once plastered. The temple is five-pillar, domed, with five onion domes, designed in the Byzantine style. The temple has an almost cubic volume, divided by flat hanging shoulder blades. The volume ends with semicircular bins decorated with a curb. The temple is double-height. The window openings have a semicircular shape and are framed by luxurious baroque platbands with keeled sandriks. Large and small light drums are decorated with belts with openwork patterns.

The bell tower dominates in height over all buildings of the complex. It was built in the early 18th century in the Russian Baroque style. The bell tower is five-tiered, with richly decorated tier walls, and ends with an octagonal drum with a bulbous cupola. Glavka is covered with green scaly ceramic tiles. The eights of the bell tower decrease in volume upward and are decorated with carved ornaments and brick semi-columns.

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