Képeslap-Riga

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Russ. Cathedrale. Krisztus Születése Katedrális, Riga, Lettország.

Postcard of the Nativity of Christ Cathedral (Latvian: Kristus Piedzimšanas pareizticīgo katedrāle, Russian: Христорождественский кафедральный собор), Riga, Latvia was built to a design by Nikolai Chagin and Robert Pflug in a Neo-Byzantine style between 1876 and 1883, with decorations made by the firm of August Volz, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire. It is the largest Orthodox cathedral in the Baltic provinces built with the blessing of the Russian Tsar Alexander II on the initiative of local governor-general Pyotr Bagration and bishop Veniamin Karelin.

Title(s), language
language hungarian
language english
language lett
Subject, content, audience
subject Képeslap-Riga
audience researchers
Time and places
spatial reference Riga
location of physical object Miskolc
temporal reference 20. század
Attributes
medium paper
extent 14x9 cm
colour image polychrome
format jpeg
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rightsholder Herman Ottó Múzeum
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source Herman Ottó Múzeum
registration number 73.436.1.112