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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Phone:
+372 644 3484

Address:
Lossi plats 10, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia

The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral in the Tallinn Old Town, Estonia. It was built to a design by Mikhail Preobrazhensky in a typical Russian Revival style between 1894 and 1900, during the period when the country was part of the Russian Empire. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn's largest and grandest orthodox cupola cathedral. It is dedicated to Saint Alexander Nevsky who in 1242 won the Battle of the Ice on Lake Peipus, in the territorial waters of present-day Estonia. The late Russian patriarch, Alexis II, started his priestly ministry in the church. The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral crowns the hill of Toompea which is one of several places where according to legend the Estonian folk hero Kalevipoeg's father Kalev is said to have been buried. As the USSR was officially non-religious, many churches including this cathedral were left to decline. The church has been meticulously restored since Estonia regained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
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