Kizhi Pogost Historic Site
View from Kizhi Island across Lake Onega and one of the small islands (one of approx. 1650 islands); Kizhi Pogost is the name of the historic site which contains two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church, a winter church), a bell-tower and other...
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ftmitdome:oai:dome.mit.edu:1721.3/170246 2023-05-15T18:07:58+02:00 Kizhi Pogost Historic Site unknown (Russian) unknown (Russian) Site: Kizhi Pogost, Kareliya, Respublika, Russia buildings 1694-1876 (inclusive) 1694-1876 wood (Pinus sylvestris) image/jpeg http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/170246 unknown 254607 archrefid: 3098 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/170246 1A2-R-KI-COT-A31 © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only MIT agriculture architecture historical Restoration and conservation Russian Orthodox Eighteenth century image 1694 ftmitdome 2022-04-19T17:32:07Z View from Kizhi Island across Lake Onega and one of the small islands (one of approx. 1650 islands); Kizhi Pogost is the name of the historic site which contains two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church, a winter church), a bell-tower and other structures. The Transfiguration Church is not heated and is therefore called a summer church and does not hold winter services. Its altar was laid June 6, 1714, as inscribed on the cross located inside the church. The builder is unknown. The church with a height of 37 meters is one of the tallest wooden buildings of the Russian North. Its major basic structural unit is a round log of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) about 30 cm in diameter and 3 to 5 meters long. The Kizhi Pogost was built without using a single nail. The Pogost became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/31/2014) Still Image Russian North MIT Libraries Dome Onega ENVELOPE(38.100,38.100,63.900,63.900) Pogost ENVELOPE(41.922,41.922,63.417,63.417) |
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View from Kizhi Island across Lake Onega and one of the small islands (one of approx. 1650 islands); Kizhi Pogost is the name of the historic site which contains two large wooden churches (the 22-dome Transfiguration Church and the 9-dome Intercession Church, a winter church), a bell-tower and other structures. The Transfiguration Church is not heated and is therefore called a summer church and does not hold winter services. Its altar was laid June 6, 1714, as inscribed on the cross located inside the church. The builder is unknown. The church with a height of 37 meters is one of the tallest wooden buildings of the Russian North. Its major basic structural unit is a round log of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) about 30 cm in diameter and 3 to 5 meters long. The Kizhi Pogost was built without using a single nail. The Pogost became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1990. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 7/31/2014) |
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Site: Kizhi Pogost, Kareliya, Respublika, Russia buildings 1694-1876 (inclusive) |
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ENVELOPE(38.100,38.100,63.900,63.900) ENVELOPE(41.922,41.922,63.417,63.417) |
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