Built in the early 1700's during Peter the Great's reign, the Church of Transfiguration (on Kizhi Island) is popularly known for being Russia's nailless wooden church.The Church of the Transfiguration has twenty two onion domes sheathed in hundreds of aspen shingles. Too bad Russia didn't care for it much, over the years it has succumbed to fire, rot, and insects.
Here is what it looks like now:
Photo by Nikitin Sergey.
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Ron, it's wrong!
ReplyDeleteThe Kizhi enclosure is under unesco protection!
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/544
Which one is wrong? before UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site, it was in Russian hands, and those hands didn't do a thing to protect and preserve it.
ReplyDeleteAnd eventhough it is under UNESCO protection as you put it, the damage has been done. Hopefully they're restoration plans pan out.
I apologize for my English. I am from Russia. The photo is another church...
ReplyDeleteCool, thanks for clearing that up.
ReplyDeleteYou can visit the Kizhi museum site (in english) here: http://kizhi.karelia.ru/main_menu_e.htm
ReplyDelete@Kapiton
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link, i'll definitely read it