St. John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl (Russian: Церковь Иоанна Предтечи) - презентация

1 St. John the Baptist Church in Yaroslavl (Russian: Церковь Иоанна Предтечи)

2 St. John the Baptist Church, dating from the 1680s, is the acme of traditional Russian architecture.

3 It was built in on the bank of Kotorosl river in the Tolchkovo Sloboda (district) which at that time was the largest and wealthiest part of the town.

4 Its walls and dome drums are covered with richly glazed tiles; the temple's fifteen onion domes are assembled in three groups.

5 The 7-storey, 45- metre high bell-tower was built later than the church itself in mid-1690s.

6 The entire interior is covered with frescoes depicting Christian saints, St. John the Baptist hagiography and biblical topics. They were painted by Dmitry Plekhanov and Fyodor Ignitiev in

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9 You can see the Church of St. John the Baptist in Yaroslavl on the 1000 ruble banknote.

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