Stock Photo: Golden Angel With Wings And A Cross On Top Of Spire Of Peter And Paul Cathedral In St. Petersburg, Russia, And Northern Europe.
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The Peter and Paul Cathedral (official name — the Cathedral of the apostles Peter and Paul) — Orthodox Cathedral in Saint-Petersburg in the Peter and Paul fortress, the burial place of Russian emperors, a monument of the Petrine Baroque. Until 2012 the Cathedral with height of 122.5 m was the tallest building in St. Petersburg. The dominant part of the Cathedral — tiered bell tower on the Western facade, decorated with pilasters. The first two tiers are distributed outwards and thereby form a smooth transition from the main building of the Cathedral to the high tower. The third tier goes up easily, it is crowned by a gilded vosmichastny roof with four round Windows in the massive white-stone frames. Above the roof is slender and graceful octagonal drum with narrow vertical openings. Over him — tall, also octagonal, gold crown, and on it, instead of the traditional cross — thin gold tower, which forms the basis of a 40-meter spire. At the top there is a figure of an angel with a cross in his hands (the cross height of about 6.5 meters). Figure height — 3.2 meters, a wingspan of 3.8 meters, weight — about 250 kg. Despite its strict shapes, the Cathedral leaves an impression of lightness and a shared aspiration up.
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