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Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
The five-domed Holy Transfiguration Cathedral in Izium is one of the oldest stone buildings in the Slobozhanshchyna.
It was part of the city fortifications, and the architectural ensemble of the city center formed around it. It was built at the expense of Colonels Kostyantyna Donets-Zakharzhevskyi and Fedir Shydlovskyi in 1684 in the Ukrainian Baroque style by a team of craftsmen who later built the Intercession Cathedral in Kharkiv, erected churches in Nizhyn and Baturyn.
The architecture of the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral uses the traditional forms of a three-timbered wooden church with a separate bell tower. In 1903, the engineer Mykhaylo Lovtsov carried out a reconstruction in a neo-Russian style: new domes with bulbous heads were erected, kokoshniks were built on top ...
Last update
3/24/2024
Categories | Temple, Architecture |
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Date of foundation | 1684 year |
Address |
Staroposhtova Street, 12
Izium |
Coordinates | 49.18861111° N, 37.27611111° E Coordinates copied |
Phone | +380 5743 28 070, |
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