Презентация на тему Санкт-Петербург, Исаакиевский собор

cities in the world. It was founded in 1703
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the breath away. There are a lot of architectural

monuments. St. Petersburg can be called Palace City indeed.

Petersburg is St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

architect Auguste Ricard Montferrand with designing the Cathedral.
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at it 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 soil. 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.

cross with 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.

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kg of pure gold was used for building the

main dome.

apostles. In the left side Peter the apostle hands

the keys to the gate of Eden.

a sword which is the symbol of his earnest

service to Christ.

of Christ and in the centre there is Christ

risen from the dead. Beautifully made sculptures wonder.

charged the 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