• Church of savior in the spilled blood

    September 21, 2017 in Russia ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    This is the most Russian place I've seen so far in this highly European city. All of the art--walls and ceiling-- is mosaics, except the altar screen and a couple icons. The last pic is a commemoration of the spot where Czar Alexander II was assassinated, hence the spilled blood reference in the name. The mosaics are mind blowing.Read more