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53°F / 12°C
(Sprinkles. Passing Clouds. Cool.)
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Visiting the City
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Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing
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Religious Sights
18 Rue Beaumont
Genève, GE
1206
1, 8 Florissant
+41 22 346 4709 (Visitor Information)
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Geneva has always been a cosmopolitan and tolerant city. In 1859 the Russian Orthodox population of the city was authorized to build a church. The project was financed thanks to the generosity of a long-term resident, the Duchess Anna Feodorovna Constancia, the sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander the 1st and aunt of Queen Victoria. The church was built in a Byzantine Moscovite style according to the design of Grimm, a professor at the St-Petersburg Academy, and was completed in 1866. The church has gleaming gilded domes (which were restored in 1966). Inside it is beautifully decorated and has an impressive collection of 16th-20th century icons.
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