Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery - Table of Contents

Buildings - Kirillo-Belozersky Monastery
Goritsy
, Russia

 


A finial in the shape of a cross indicates that the building is a church.
The 
onion domes  indicate Russian Byzantine architecture.


Onion dome


Wooden  onion dome


Plaster ornamentation







Note  bell gable 


Bell gable


Compound arch  door surround






Note building at right (illustrated below)


Triple cupolas -the tallest one always the central dome  in Byzantine architecture.











White chimney.


Photos and their arrangement © 2010 Chuck LaChiusa
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