Church on Spilled Blood

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Russian Orthodox church church building landmark

The Church on Spilled Blood is a richly decorated Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, famous for its colorful onion domes and elaborate mosaics, built on the site where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Church on the Blood	2
Church on the Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Russian Orthodox church ⓘ church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ ⓘ Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood ⓘ
architect	Alfred Parland ⓘ Archimandrite Ignaty ⓘ surface form: Archimandrite Ignaty (Malyshev)
architecturalStyle	Neo-Russian ⓘ Russian Revival ⓘ
builtOnSiteOf	assassination of Alexander II on 1 March 1881 ⓘ
closedForWorship	1930s ⓘ
commemorates	assassination of Emperor Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
commissionedBy	Alexander III of Russia ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1907 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1883 ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	resurrection of Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Resurrection of Jesus Christ
denomination	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement	gilded domes ⓘ mosaic iconostasis ⓘ onion domes ⓘ tent roofs ⓘ
hasDecoration	colored glazed tiles ⓘ elaborate mosaics ⓘ enameled panels ⓘ
hasFeature	interior entirely covered with mosaics ⓘ over 7,000 square meters of mosaics ⓘ
hasFloorArea	about 1,600 square meters ⓘ
hasMaterial	brick ⓘ granite ⓘ marble ⓘ semi-precious stones ⓘ
hasMemorial	canopy over the exact spot of Alexander II’s assassination ⓘ
height	about 81 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1907 ⓘ
inspiredBy	St. Basil's Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Saint Basil's Cathedral
locatedIn	Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ surface form: Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
locatedOn	Griboyedov Canal ⓘ
near	Mikhailovsky Garden ⓘ Nevsky Prospekt ⓘ Russian Museum ⓘ
reopenedAs	museum of mosaics ⓘ
reopeningDate	1997 ⓘ
restorationStartDate	1970 ⓘ
touristAttraction	major tourist attraction in Saint Petersburg ⓘ
usedAs	warehouse during Soviet period ⓘ
wasDamagedDuring	Russian Revolution ⓘ Siege of Leningrad ⓘ surface form: World War II Siege of Leningrad

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood → alsoKnownAs → Church on Spilled Blood ⓘ

Yekaterinburg → hasSite → Church on Spilled Blood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church on the Blood in Honour of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land

Ipatiev House → locatedNear → Church on Spilled Blood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church on the Blood

Ipatiev House → replacedBy → Church on Spilled Blood ⓘ

this entity surface form: Church on the Blood