Saint Catherine's Cathedral (Kherson)

Ukraine / Khersonska / Kherson / vulytsia Perekopska, 13
 cathedral, Classicism, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, 1780s construction, Orthodox church
The Cathedral of St. Catherine is a religious building in the fortress of Kherson, Ukraine. It was built in 1781–1786, one of the earliest churches in New Russia. It is a domed sandstone structure with a Tuscan portico and heavily rusticated walls. The church was dedicated to Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of the reigning empress. At the time after Revolution it served as a museum, but than it came back to its status of church.

In Russian pronounsed as: ( svato ekaterinovskiy sobor)

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Catherine's_Cathedral,_Kherson
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Coordinates:   46°38'20"N   32°37'31"E
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