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Guilded Needle Spire
The 122m spire on top of the belltower of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The cathedral, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, the patron saints of the fortress, was designed by Domenico Trezzini in 1712. The guilded needle spire, crowned by a weather-vane angel, remained the tallest structure in St. Petersburg until 1960.
When renovators were cleaning the angel on the spire in 1997, they found a note in a bottle left in one of the folds of the angel's gown. In the note, renovators from 1953 apologised for what they felt was rushed and shoddy work (Khrushchev wanted the angel refurbished for the 250th anniversary of the city that year). It is said that the renovators in 1997 left another message for future generations, but the contents of that message have not been revealed.
St. Petersburg, Russia (Wednesday 22 Aug 2012 @ 11:29am)
Guilded Needle Spire
The 122m spire on top of the belltower of the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. The cathedral, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, the patron saints of the fortress, was designed by Domenico Trezzini in 1712. The guilded needle spire, crowned by a weather-vane angel, remained the tallest structure in St. Petersburg until 1960.
When renovators were cleaning the angel on the spire in 1997, they found a note in a bottle left in one of the folds of the angel's gown. In the note, renovators from 1953 apologised for what they felt was rushed and shoddy work (Khrushchev wanted the angel refurbished for the 250th anniversary of the city that year). It is said that the renovators in 1997 left another message for future generations, but the contents of that message have not been revealed.
St. Petersburg, Russia (Wednesday 22 Aug 2012 @ 11:29am)