Rebuilt Cathedral at Moscow river 8th September 2007

3 Responses to “Rebuilt Cathedral at Moscow river”

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mr-ju:

great mirror…

September 9th, 2007 at 00:02
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Steve:

cool shot…the tilt is a nice touch

September 9th, 2007 at 05:44
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josef:

Nice angle, and the architecture is just astounding. Good job Harry.

(HK) Thanks for your compliments, Josef!

September 9th, 2007 at 09:42

CameraCanon EOS 5D
Focal Length15 mm
Aperturef/9.0
Exposure1/250 sec
ISO400
Date Taken2 Aug 2007, 08:17

The story behind "Rebuilt Cathedral at Moscow river"

This is the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Russian: Хра́м Христа́ Спаси́теля), the tallest Eastern Orthodox Church in the world. It is situated on the bank of the Moskva River, a few blocks west of the Kremlin.

Stalin had it destroyed by dynamite in 1931 in order to build a monument for socialism, it took a year to clear out the rubble. The monument was never built, the place has been a public swimming pool during Nikita Khrushchev, reign and only 15 years ago, the rebuilding had started, finishing a few years ago, against a cost of more than 300 million dollar…

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