Menshikov Tower, also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthdox Church. It was built in 1707 to order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny assisted by Domenico Trezzini, a team of Italian-Swiss craftsmen from Ticino and Freyburg cantons and Russian stonemasons from Kostroma and Yaroslavl. It was substantially altered in 1770
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Menshikov Tower (Church of Archangel Gabriel)
Menshikov Tower, also known as the Church of Archangel Gabriel, is a Baroque Russian Orthdox Church. It was built in 1707 to order of Alexander Menshikov by Ivan Zarudny assisted by Domenico Trezzini, a team of Italian-Swiss craftsmen from Ticino and Freyburg cantons and Russian stonemasons from Kostroma and Yaroslavl. It was substantially altered in 1770
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