Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod

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Eastern Orthodox cathedral Orthodox church cathedral cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia

Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod is an 11th-century Orthodox church in Veliky Novgorod, Russia, renowned as one of the oldest stone cathedrals in the country and a masterpiece of early Russian architecture.

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Label Occurrences
Hagia Sophia, Novgorod 1
Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod canonical 1
Saint Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox cathedral ⓘ
Orthodox church ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture ⓘ
early Russian architecture ⓘ
completionDate 1050 ⓘ
constructionStart 1045 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Holy Wisdom ⓘ
Saint Sophia ⓘ
denomination Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
floorCount 2 ⓘ
follows Byzantine cross-in-square plan ⓘ
foundedBy Vladimir of Novgorod ⓘ
Yaroslav the Wise ⓘ
function place of Orthodox worship ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
hasArtwork ancient icons ⓘ
Bernward Doors ⓘ
surface form: bronze Magdeburg doors

medieval frescoes ⓘ
hasChapels several side chapels ⓘ
hasPart apse ⓘ
bell tower ⓘ
central dome ⓘ
five domes ⓘ
three naves ⓘ
height about 38 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 11th century ⓘ
locatedIn Northwestern Federal District ⓘ
Novgorod Kremlin ⓘ
Novgorod Oblast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Novgorod ⓘ
surface form: Veliky Novgorod

historic centre of Veliky Novgorod ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time ⓘ
locatedOn left bank of the Volkhov River ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Hagia Sophia ⓘ
surface form: Hagia Sophia in Constantinople
ownedBy Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
partOf Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (partly) ⓘ
surface form: Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
roofFeature helmet-shaped domes ⓘ
significance masterpiece of early Russian architecture ⓘ
one of the oldest stone cathedrals in Russia ⓘ
spiritual center of medieval Novgorod ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1992 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 604 ⓘ
use cathedral church of the Archbishop of Novgorod ⓘ

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Novgorod Republic → religiousCenter → Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ⓘ
Novgorod → hasLandmark → Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod
Holy Wisdom → veneratedIn → Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hagia Sophia, Novgorod
Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings (partly) → hasPart → Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod ⓘ
subject surface form: Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
this entity surface form: Saint Sophia Cathedral, Novgorod