Church or chapel · 1764
St. Catherine's Church
Pärnu's St Catherine's church is named after the empress herself: Catherine the Great visited the town in 1764 and presented it with the church, built in 1764–1768. Architect P. Jegorov designed it in an exuberant baroque style, with a large central dome and lantern, four small corner turrets and a west tower with a needle spire, and also made the iconostasis inside. It became a model for many later Orthodox churches in the Baltic provinces.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Pärnu Ekaterina kirik kannab keisrinna enda nime: Katariina II külastas linna 1764. aastal ja kinkis talle kiriku, mis ehitati aastatel 1764–1768. Arhitekt P. Jegorov kavandas selle uhkes barokkstiilis – suur laternaga keskkuppel, neli väikest nurgatornikest ja nõelkiivriga läänetorn – ning valmistas ka ikonostaasi. Kirikust sai eeskuju paljudele hilisematele õigeusu kirikutele Baltimaades.
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