• Church in Chesme Palace between Saint Petersburg and Sumner Palace also in the Red Village, Russia. Chesme Church Church of St John the Baptist Chesme.
  • The Chesme Church is no exception. The area where it stands was a swampy plain, and it was called "frog swamp", in Finnish - "Kikeriki".
  • Out of the thousands of Orthodox churches in Russia, one which really stands out due to its unique and striking appearance is St Petersburg Chesme Church.
  • In the 1970s, the church became a Museum of the Battle of Chesme, and was eventually returned to the Orthodox Church in 1990.
  • The original intention of the Empress of Russia was to have it built as a memorial church that was to be located next to the Chesme Palace.
  • Chesme Church Free: All time. ... During Soviet era, it served as a museum and it wasn’t until 1999 that it’s back to become a functioning church.
  • The Chesme Church itself, more precisely, the whole complex of buildings, is an equilateral triangle, at the corners of which round towers are attached.
  • One of the architectural monuments of the 18th century that adorn the northern Russian capital and form its unique appearance is the Chesme Church (or, more...
  • The building of the church was built to commemorate the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish in the Chesme Bay of the Aegean Sea in 1770.
  • Russian court architect Yury Felten, who was known for crafting unique churches around Russia, was hired to design the church for Chesme Palace in 1780 at the...