Title

Domes of the Church of the Saviour on Blood, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Artist: Sheldon Marshall

Caption

Domes of the Church of the Saviour on Blood, St Petersburg, Russia, 2011. Also known as the Church on Spilt Blood and the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, this church was built on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated in 1881. Construction began in 1883 but the church was not completed until 1907.

Date

2011

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Photo Collector

Reference

HRM19E66_443

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,2Mb (1,6Mb) / 18,7in x 12,5in / 5616 x 3744 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior building buildings religious architecture country religion cathedral church color colour dome st petersburg Christian Christianity location century Russia Russian outside 21st century 19th century 1900s 20th century nineteenth century onion dome Russian Orthodox Church of the Saviour on Blood TGN Emperor of Russia Rossiya Rep photograph Sankt Peterburg Emperor Alexander II Alexander II Alexander Nikolaevich Tsar Alexander II Alexander II of Russia 2010s The Photo Collector Sheldon Marshall Marshall Sheldon Emperor Alexander II photograph