Russian Chapel in Darmstadt
The Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, formally, the St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, is a historic Russian Orthodox church at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, Germany.
The Russian revival style church with gold onion domes was built between 1897 and 1899 by the architect Leon Benois, and used as a private chapel by the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, whose wife Alexandra Feodorovna was born in Darmstadt.[1][2] It is named in honor of the patron saint of Nicholas II's grandmother, Maria Alexandrovna who was also born in Darmstadt. It was built of Russian stone and, as some people claim, built on soil from Russia brought to Darmstadt by train, and used during their lifetimes by the Russian Imperial family and court during regular visits to the Empress's childhood home and to her family.[3] Lua error in Module:OSM_Location_map at line 456: bad argument #1 to 'abs' (number expected, got nil).
See also
[edit | edit source]- St. Elizabeth's Church, Wiesbaden
- Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church, Potsdam
- Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Vienna
- Russian Church, Geneva
- Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris
- Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice
- Alexander Nevsky Church, Copenhagen
References
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External links
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