St. Nicholas Cathedral (Kiev)

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Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′ 37 ″  N , 30 ° 31 ′ 3 ″  E

Main portal of the cathedral

The St. Nicholas Cathedral ( Ukrainian Церква Святого Миколая / Zerkwa Swjatoho Mykolaja ) is a Roman Catholic church building in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kiev .

The co- cathedral of the Kiev-Zhytomyr diocese , built by the well-known architect Władysław Horodecki from 1899 to 1909 in neo-Gothic style, is the oldest Catholic church in Kiev after the Alexander Church. The neo-Gothic cathedral on Velyka Wassylkivska Street ( вулиця Велика Васильківська ) No. 77 has two pointed arched towers with a height of 62 meters.

The church building is also the National Concert Hall of Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine .

Web links

Commons : St. Nicholas Cathedral (Kiev)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Schäfer: Kiev, tours through the metropolis on the Dnepr. 3rd edition 2011; Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-181-6 , p. 170.
  2. official community website ( memento of the original from March 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , last accessed on March 7, 2014 (Ukrainian) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nicolasparish.org.ua
  3. National organ and chamber music hall of Ukraine , last accessed on March 7, 2014 (English)