M.K.
02-20-2008, 08:20 PM
Building Request Form - Valaam Monastery
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Official sources: http://www.valaam.ru/en/
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaam_Monastery
Building Name: Valaam Monastery
Native Name: Karelia
Other Names: Valamo Monastery
Address: Valaam Island in Lake Ladoga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ladoga)
City: Valaam
Postal Code: 186756
State/Province: Sortavala Kareliya
Country: Russia
Official Building Website URL: http://www.valaam.ru/en/
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: G.I. Karpov and A.N. Silin & N.D. Prokofiev
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
Hegumen lonafan (Dmitriev), former metalworker from St. Petersburg, father Damaskin's disciple and deputy, accomplished the project planned by his teacher, the construction of a new cathedral. The project was designed by the eparchial architects G.I. Karpov and A.N. Silin, and it was finished by a young architect of the Synod, academician N.D. Prokofiev The construction work was started on June 30, 1887. The cathedral was built of local materials: old bricks from the previous cathedral taken to pieces by the Abbot and the brethren, and the new ones made at two Valaam brick factories. Carved and gilded iconostasises, gilded copper crosses and candle-sticks, and almost all of the thirteen bells (except the 1,000-pood or 16,000-kg Andreevsky bell from St. Petersburg) were made by the Valaam brethren. The high-quality grey granite was taken from the island of St. Sergius (Puutsari), and red and black granite - from the island of St. German (Sysk(salmi). The two-storey forty-three metre high cathedral with a seventy-two metre belfry on the west side, resembles Byzantine cathedrals, as if reminding of the Eastern origins of the founders of the cloister. But the traditional five helm-shaped domes, hipped roof of the belfry, brick designs on the walls resembling folk embroidery and combined with white-colour details, all that remind of the architecture of old Russia. Today, after years of Soviet rule, when most of the murals are perished and only two icons are left in the iconostasis, it is hard to imagine the former beauty of the cathedral. The marals were made in the short period of 1891-1892 season by father Luka (Bogdanov), who headed the monastery school of drawing and painting, together with forty monks and novices. Icon-painting was supervised by father Alipy (Kon-stantinov) who had been granted the blessing of the Abbot to study in St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The construction of the cathedral was the last accomplishment of father lonafan.
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich participated both in the laying of the foundations and in the consecration of the two churches of the cathedral: the lower church of St. Sergius and St. German (1892), and the upper church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (1896). To commemorate his visit, a chapel honouring the icon of the Holy Virgin 'The Joy of All the Sorrowful' was built of Valaam bricks by the pier in 1896, in the time of Abbot Gavriil.
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 43m
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built
Construction Dates--
- started: 1389, 1887
- finished: 1393, 1896
- destroyed:
Above ground floors: 7
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:
Structure Type(s): Church
Building Use(s): Religious
Building Style(s): Orthodox & Byzantine
Building Materials: Brick, Masonry, Granite, Gold
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City Request Form
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City Name: Valaam Monastery Island
Native Name:
State/Province: Republic Kareliya
Country: Russia
Population:
Population Source & Year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaam http://www.nordictravel.ru/page/valaam.html
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Please Russian Guys, complete this information and make a good orthodox diagram. Thanks.
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Official sources: http://www.valaam.ru/en/
Unofficial sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaam_Monastery
Building Name: Valaam Monastery
Native Name: Karelia
Other Names: Valamo Monastery
Address: Valaam Island in Lake Ladoga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Ladoga)
City: Valaam
Postal Code: 186756
State/Province: Sortavala Kareliya
Country: Russia
Official Building Website URL: http://www.valaam.ru/en/
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.info) URL:
Architect: G.I. Karpov and A.N. Silin & N.D. Prokofiev
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words):
Hegumen lonafan (Dmitriev), former metalworker from St. Petersburg, father Damaskin's disciple and deputy, accomplished the project planned by his teacher, the construction of a new cathedral. The project was designed by the eparchial architects G.I. Karpov and A.N. Silin, and it was finished by a young architect of the Synod, academician N.D. Prokofiev The construction work was started on June 30, 1887. The cathedral was built of local materials: old bricks from the previous cathedral taken to pieces by the Abbot and the brethren, and the new ones made at two Valaam brick factories. Carved and gilded iconostasises, gilded copper crosses and candle-sticks, and almost all of the thirteen bells (except the 1,000-pood or 16,000-kg Andreevsky bell from St. Petersburg) were made by the Valaam brethren. The high-quality grey granite was taken from the island of St. Sergius (Puutsari), and red and black granite - from the island of St. German (Sysk(salmi). The two-storey forty-three metre high cathedral with a seventy-two metre belfry on the west side, resembles Byzantine cathedrals, as if reminding of the Eastern origins of the founders of the cloister. But the traditional five helm-shaped domes, hipped roof of the belfry, brick designs on the walls resembling folk embroidery and combined with white-colour details, all that remind of the architecture of old Russia. Today, after years of Soviet rule, when most of the murals are perished and only two icons are left in the iconostasis, it is hard to imagine the former beauty of the cathedral. The marals were made in the short period of 1891-1892 season by father Luka (Bogdanov), who headed the monastery school of drawing and painting, together with forty monks and novices. Icon-painting was supervised by father Alipy (Kon-stantinov) who had been granted the blessing of the Abbot to study in St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. The construction of the cathedral was the last accomplishment of father lonafan.
Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich participated both in the laying of the foundations and in the consecration of the two churches of the cathedral: the lower church of St. Sergius and St. German (1892), and the upper church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour (1896). To commemorate his visit, a chapel honouring the icon of the Holy Virgin 'The Joy of All the Sorrowful' was built of Valaam bricks by the pier in 1896, in the time of Abbot Gavriil.
Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES.
- antenna:
- spire: 43m
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights:
Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built
Construction Dates--
- started: 1389, 1887
- finished: 1393, 1896
- destroyed:
Above ground floors: 7
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count:
Structure Type(s): Church
Building Use(s): Religious
Building Style(s): Orthodox & Byzantine
Building Materials: Brick, Masonry, Granite, Gold
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City Request Form
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City Name: Valaam Monastery Island
Native Name:
State/Province: Republic Kareliya
Country: Russia
Population:
Population Source & Year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaam http://www.nordictravel.ru/page/valaam.html
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Please Russian Guys, complete this information and make a good orthodox diagram. Thanks.
