Uspenski Cathedral
Also known as Uspenskin katedraali
1868
Byzantine
building
On a rocky hill above the Katajanokka harbor, Uspenskin katedraali rises in red brick to a design by Aleksei Gornostajev, built 1862-1868. Gornostajev died in 1862, the year construction began, so the cathedral stands as his bequeathed…
Timeline
- 1859-1862
Aleksei Gornostajev prepared the cathedral design for the Katajanokka hilltop in 1859-1860 and directed construction from 1862 until his death the same year, setting the Russian-Byzantine brick volume, the central tent-like dome, and the…
- 1862-1868
Construction continued after Gornostajev's death and the red-brick cathedral was consecrated on 25 October 1868, with funding from Orthodox parishioners, Russian imperial donors, and Moscow merchants.
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