Located on the central Slava square, next to the seat of regional government and the war memorial with the eternal flame, the cathedral was completed on the fifty-fifth anniversary of the end of WWII.
This historical memorial is of relatively small size (only 35 m tall), but its radiance is incredible; at night the whitewashed walls [...]

In this new (not rebuilt) church of 1722-6, James Gibbs’ study of Roman buildings led him to a successful marriage between the traditional steeple form that people felt was expected of a church, and a wide temple portico in the Classical taste. It served as a model for many others.
This view from the south-west (opened [...]

This Church is a coming together of Scandinavian wooden construction techniques with
Hungarian tradition.
Building was initiated by Finnish tourists, who spent their holidays on Lake Balaton, and who are remembered in the name of the main porch, the Suomi Gate. In the smooth organic context the gate and the windows look like a face with the [...]

Cathedral of the Smolny Convent, 1744-57
Rastrelli’s masterpiece is the cathedral of the Smolny convent. It has a central plan layout with a high dome flanked by four domed towers that represent the most successful synthesis of a traditional Russian church with the motifs typical of baroque architecture. In keeping with the desires of the Tsarina [...]

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, S Maria del Priorato, Rome, begun 1764
Piranesi expressed the complexity of his perception of ancient Rome in his only architectural work. The exuberant decoration of the wall around the church - with its apparently casual blend of motifs drawn from both imperial Rome and Christianity - contrasts with the distinct clarity of [...]