Russia Travel Blog | All about Russia in English

May/12

14

Unique architectural ensemble of Pochozersky church

1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Religion, Travel

Pochozersky church complex built in the 17th-18th centuries is unique architectural ensemble consisting of two churches and bell tower – one of five remaining in the Russian North, and one of only three in Arkhangelsk oblast.

The complex is of significant historical and architectural value due to the fact that it has extremely rare in the Russian wooden architecture diagonal three-dimensional composition, which is unique in Russia. Photos by Constantin Voutsen

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 1

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 2

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 3

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 4

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 5

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 6

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 7

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 8

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 9

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 10

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 11

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 12

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 13

Pochozersky church, Arkhangelsk oblast, Russia view 14

If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the RSS feed to have future articles delivered to your feed reader.

Tags:  ·

You might also like:

<<

>>

1 comment

  • Tomás · May 14, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    This is the beautifull Russia !!

    Reply

Leave a Reply

To top