Smolny Cathedral

Smolny Cathedral

Also known as Смольный собор

Year

1748

Architect

Type

building

Rastrelli began the Smolny Cathedral for Empress Elizabeth in 1748 as part of an intended convent ensemble and worked on it for sixteen years before Elizabeth died and the project was suspended. Quarenghi completed the interior in a severe …

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