Nativity Cathedral, Chișinău
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The Cathedral of Christ's Nativity (Romanian: Catedrala Mitropolitană Nașterea Domnului) is the main cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church in Downtown Chișinău, Moldova. It was commissioned by the governor of New Russia, Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Metropolitan Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni in 1830. The cathedral was built in the 1830s to a Neoclassical design by Abram Melnikov (who had designed a similar church in Bolhrad). The cathedral was bombed during the World War II, and its belltower was destroyed by the local Communists in 1962. The new belltower was constructed in 1997. The restoration of the interiors is apparently still under way.
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Coordinates: 47°01′34″N 28°50′01″E / 47.026°N 28.8336°E / 47.026; 28.8336
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- Neoclassical architecture in Moldova
- Buildings and structures in Chişinău
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