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St. Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg 🔻The cathedral is named after Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, an Orthodox hermit who lived in Byzantium in the mid-4th century. Peter the Great was born on this saint's feast day, which is why the emperor deeply revered him. 🔻Around 400,000 people were involved in the cathedral's construction, which took an astonishing 40 years! 🔻It is the fourth-largest domed cathedral in the world. 🔻The building has a capacity of approximately 12,000 visitors. 🔻This very structure is considered the most expensive cathedral built in Europe in the 19th century. 🔻Approximately 400 kg of gold were used to adorn its interior (of which 100 kg were for gilding the domes), along with 1,000 tons of bronze and 16 tons of malachite. 🔻The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. resembles St. Isaac's Cathedral. Documents discovered in the U.S. Library of Congress indicate that the Capitol's architect used the blueprints of the French architect Auguste de Montferrand, who designed St. Isaac's Cathedral. Have you ever visited this architectural masterpiece? #brief_and_interesting #around_Russia 😎RCR | Support | Boost