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Italy - San Remo, Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore

Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore (Church of Christ the Saviour) is an Russian orthodox church, dating back to the year 1915. It was built for the Russian community that followed Tsarina Maria Aleksandrovna (wife of Tsar Alexander II) to San Remo in 1906; the foundation stone was laid in 1912. In that period about one thousand Russians lived in the town.

The Chiesa di Cristo Salvatore - with its onion domes and heavenly pale-blue interior - was designed by Alexei Shchusev, later finished by local engineer Pietro Agosti. Icons and murals of Christian saints line the interior. The appearance of the temple imitates the style of typical 17th-century Moscow churches. It has five domes, three altars and a belfry.

The church is still used today by the Orthodox community of San Remo and is one of the landmarks of San Remo.
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36 comments

cp_u said:

orthodox walls :-)
hWW!
16 months ago

Roger (Grisly) said:

A church with many contrasts, but it looks to be wonderfully well maintained,
A terrific set of images, Jaap
16 months ago

Percy Schramm said:

A fantastic serie of this beautiful looking church. HWW, Jaap !
16 months ago

gezginruh said:

Great images,Jaap!
HWW and enjoy your day!

Best wishes
Füsun
16 months ago

TOZ said:

Thats a beautiful building Jaap with a beautiful interior.
HWW have a good day TOZ
16 months ago

Nora Caracci said:

great POV !
Hopeful WW !
16 months ago

Madeleine Defawes said:

Superbes images de cette belle église orthodoxe !
Bonne journée. Amitiés
16 months ago ( translate )

polytropos said:

When I first saw the onion domes i thought of Russia. ;-).
HWW!
16 months ago

Günter Klaus said:

Eine sehr schöne Kirche zeigst du lieber Jaap,mir gefällt immer,dass du auch so Detailaufnahmen dazu machst :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
16 months ago ( translate )

Malik Raoulda said:

IMPECCABLE et agréablement rendue.
Bonne et agréable journée.
16 months ago ( translate )

Annemarie said:

yes, most beautiful Jaap
16 months ago ( translate )

Herb Riddle said:

More well documented church swcene from you Jaap. Well done.

HWW, enjoy the day. Herb
16 months ago

Keith Burton said:

A very beautiful and well decorated church Jaap..............I really like those colourful "onion" domes (including the one above the door). The interior looks just as lovely, with wonderful paintings and other artwork.

An excellent series.......with some nice. history to go with them.
16 months ago

Xata said:

Another instructive series, Jaap, HWW
16 months ago ( translate )

Josiane Dirickx said:

Je trouve tous ces dômes superbes ils ont de belles églises avec une architecture incroyablement belle
16 months ago ( translate )