Architectural Monuments Of Saint Petersburg. St. Isaac’s Cathedral

the world. It was founded in 1703

away. There are a lot of architectural monuments. St. Petersburg

can be called Palace City indeed.

St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

Ricard Montferrand with designing the Cathedral.

one can understand how much afford was made in order

to carry out the architect’s plans. The Cathedral was being built on a swampy land. Nearly 11 thousand piles and 120 granite columns were used to build it. The heaviest columns’ weigh was 144 tons. It took workers only 45 minutes to set the columns in their places.

four porticos. It is faced with grey Karelia marble. There

are a lot of big arch windows. On the top of the Cathedral there is a great golden dome. The Cathedral is 101 m high.

pure gold was used for building the main dome.

which is the symbol of his earnest service to Christ.
On

the porticos there are statues of 12 apostles. In the left side Peter the apostle hands the keys to the gate of Eden.

and in the centre there is Christ risen from the

dead. Beautifully made sculptures wonder.

young architect with designing the cathedral. 2. It was being built

for _____years. 3. It took workers ____minutes to set the column in its place. 4. The total height of the cathedral is _______meters. 5. ______kg of pure red gold was used for building the main dome. 6. On the porticos there are _____apostles. 7. Peter the apostle hands _________________________ 8. Paul the apostle hands _________________ 9. ________________________supervised the building of the cathedral and was its architect