SMOLNY MONASTERY AND CATHEDRAL (Corner Chapel), Saint Petersburg, Russia.

The beautiful Smolny complex includes the lavish Cathedral surrounded by an enclosure 
in the shape of a Greek cross.  At the corners of the cross are four domed chapels 
which relate back to the central cathedral.  The result is a fairy-tale skyline rich 
with gold topped Russian onion domes.  The architect Rastrelli had also originally
planned a 420 foot bell tower which would have been one of the greatest towers of the 
Baroque era.


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Created by Lee Sojot.
