Foros Church
The Church of Christ's Resurrection is a popular tourist attraction on the outskirts ofYalta in the Crimea, known primarily for its scenic location, overlooking the Black Sealittoral from a 400-metre cliff near Baidarsky Pass.
The church overlooking the village of Foroswas commissioned by a local landowner to commemorate Alexander III's survival in theBorki train disaster (1888).[1] The landowner's name was Alexander Kuznetsov; he was a tea trader from Moscow. Nikolai Chagin, a celebrated architect from Wilno, designed the church in a bizarre blend of RastrelliesqueBaroque, Russian Revival, and Byzantine Revival.
Foros Church
The Church of Christ's Resurrection is a popular tourist attraction on the outskirts ofYalta in the Crimea, known primarily for its scenic location, overlooking the Black Sealittoral from a 400-metre cliff near Baidarsky Pass.
The church overlooking the village of Foroswas commissioned by a local landowner to commemorate Alexander III's survival in theBorki train disaster (1888).[1] The landowner's name was Alexander Kuznetsov; he was a tea trader from Moscow. Nikolai Chagin, a celebrated architect from Wilno, designed the church in a bizarre blend of RastrelliesqueBaroque, Russian Revival, and Byzantine Revival.