THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL (Petropavlovski Sobor), Saint Petersburg, Russia.

This great cathedral was commissioned by Czar Peter the Great and completed in 1733 
as the centerpiece of the Peter and Paul Fortress.  Designed by the Italian architect 
Domenico Trezzini, its 459 foot (140 meter) high tower includes a needle-thin gilded 
spire that today is often called "Russia's lightning rod."  Built "to improve and 
to convert the world," the cathedral with its spire and domes has become a symbol of 
the city on the Neva River.  The cathedral also serves as the family tomb for 
Russia's imperial Romanov dynasty.  In this SCURK image the cathedral and its 
subsidiary buildings have been flipped horizontally in order the create a better 
overall composition on the tile.


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Created by Lee Sojot.
