My desire to travel around the world is not fulfilled yet, but I still can increase my knowledge by not-stop digging. Since the internet turns into one big encyclopedia, we would never running out topics. In this post, I would like to introduce to you guys, one of the most stunning world heritage that I've put in my must-visit-checklists.
Kizhi Pogost (Кижский Погост), is a historical site announced as one of the world heritage by UNESCO in 1990. It's located in Kizhi Island, one of islands in the Lake Onega, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation.
If you are curious enough, here I gave you guys some pictures of the beautiful heritage.
(I don't own any of these pictures)
As you can see, this is a beautiful ortodox church. This church was built around the 16th century and said was rebuilt on the same site after destroyed by a lightning in 1693. The highly remarkable thing is that this building has been standing for over 300 years aside the fact it's completely made out of wood, include all the nails and joining. WOOD!!!!! Can you believe it??!!
Basically, there are two main buildings of this church complex; The Church of Transfiguration (Церковь Преображения Господня) and The Church of Intercession (Покровская церковь).
The Church of Transfiguration, also called the Summer Church, is might be the famous part of this church. It's not heated, means it will be super freezing cold during Artic winter, thus it doesn't held any service during winter. That's how it got its Summer Church title. The church has 22 domes and with a height of 37 meters is one of the
tallest wooden buildings of the Russian North. Its perimeter is 20×29
meters. All structures were made of scribe-fitted horizontal logs, with interlocking corner joinery — either round notch or dovetail — cut by axes. The basis of the structure is the octahedral frame with four two-stage side attachments. Two smaller octagons of similar
shape are mounted on top of the main octagon. The structure is covered
in 22 domes of different size and shape, which run from the top to the
sides. The refectory is covered with a three-slope roof. The iconostasis has four levels (четырёхъярусный) and contains 102 icons. It is dated to the second half of the 18th – early 19th century. The
icons are from three periods: the two oldest icons, "The
Transfiguration" ( Преображение) and "Pokrov" (Покров)
are from the late 17th century and are typical of the northern style.
The central icons are from the second half of the 18th century and are
also of the local style. Most icons of the three upper tiers are of the
late 18th century, brought from various parts of Russia.
Inner part of the Church of Transfiguration
The Church of the Intercession is a heated, thus we get our winter church. Services are held from October 1 until Easter.
The church was the first on the island after the lightning put it on fire in 1693 destroyed all previous churches. It was first built in 1694 as a
single-dome structure, then reconstructed in 1720–1749 and in 1764
rebuilt into its present 9-dome design as an architectural echo of the
main Transfiguration Church. It's still a smaller and simpler structure, compare to the Summer Church. It stands 32 meters tall with a 26×8 meter perimeter. There are nine
domes, one larger in the center, surrounded by eight smaller ones.
Decoration is scant. A high single-part porch leads into the four
interior parts of the church. As in the Transfiguration Church, the
altar is placed in the eastern part shaped as a pentagon. The original
iconostasis was replaced at the end of the 19th century and is lost; it
was rebuilt in the 1950s to the original style.
Now, do you desire to see the world more?
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