Chesme Palace between Saint Petersburg and Sumner Palace also in the Red Village
Country
Russia
Denomination
Russian Orthodox Church
History
Former name(s)
Chesme Church
Status
Functional
Founded
1780
Founder(s)
Catherine the Great
Dedication
Russia's 1770 victory over Turkish forces in Chesme Bay
Consecrated
24 June
Architecture
Heritage designation
House church for the Chesme Palace
Architect(s)
Yury Felten
Architectural type
Gothic Revival
Demolished
not demolished
Specifications
Materials
Brick with white stone
The Chesme Church (Russian: Чесменская церковь; full name Church of Saint John the Baptist at Chesme Palace, also called the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, Russian: це́рковь Рождества́ Иоа́нна Предте́чи при Че́сменском Дворце́),[1] is a small Russian Orthodox church at 12 Lensoveta Street, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built by the Russian court architect Yury Felten in 1780, at the direction of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. A memorial church,[2] it was erected adjacent to the Chesme Palace (Russian: Чесменский дворец: damaged during the Siege of Leningrad and restored in 1946) between Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo to commemorate the anniversary of Russia's 1770 victory over Turkish forces in Chesme Bay (Turkish: Çeşme) in the Aegean Sea during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.
The church and Chesme Palace were the earliest Neo-Gothic constructions in the St Petersburg area.[3] Considered by some to be St Petersburg's single most impressive church,[4] it is a rare example of very early Gothic Revival influence in Russian church architecture.[5][6][7][8]
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^Howard, Jeremy; Belinsky, Yuri (20 March 2007). National Geographic traveler: St. Petersburg. National Geographic Books. p. 176. ISBN 978-1-4262-0050-2.
^"The later history of the Green Frog Service". State Hermitage Museum. 2006. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
^Vorhees, Mara (2008). St. Petersburg. Lonely Planet. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-74059-827-9.
^"Village of Red. Transfiguration Church". narod.ru. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^"Church of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (Chesme Church)". Saint-petersburg.com. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
^Masters, Tom (April 2005). St Petersburg. Lonely Planet. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-74104-169-9.
^Успенский, Л. В.; Лужина, И. А.; Гордейчук, И. В. (1987). Ленинград. Avrora. ISBN 9785730000940. Retrieved 6 February 2011. The Chesme Church, built in 1777— 80 by Yury Felten, is one of the few pseudo-Gothic structures in Leningrad architecture. Its name comes from the great naval victory of 1770 over the Turks in the Aegean at Chesme.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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