Kizhi Island

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Rosemary
landscape of Kishi Island with wooden churches located in Lake Ladoga in Northern Russia

The Church of the Transfiguration

Northern Russia, 2009

The Church with its 22 onion domes was built without the use of nails. It’s a woodworker’s masterpiece.

closeup of wooden church of Kizhi Island in Lake Ladoga

Karelian Architecture

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2 Responses to Kizhi Island

  1. Rain Adkins says:
    March 14, 2014 at 2:54 pm

    Awesomely beautiful and rather haunting.

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    • Rosemary says:
      March 14, 2014 at 3:33 pm

      Thanks, Rain. It is awesomely beautiful. It’s the essence of Russia in my mind.

      Thanks for checking my blog.

      Rosemary

      Reply

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