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Transfiguration Church in Soligalich

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The Transfiguration Church, built of stone in 1821 through the efforts of parishioners, is a unique example of a centralized temple in the classical style. The church consists of a square base with rounded corners, slightly elongated along the longitudinal axis, and is topped with a sloped roof. In the center rises a large cylindrical drum, the dome of which is adorned with a slightly flattened onion-shaped cupola topped with a cross. All facades feature light risalits with four-column porticos supporting a triangular pediment. The columns are set on massive pedestal bases, which are significantly higher than the slightly protruding plinth. The completion of the walls repeats an incomplete entablature with a smooth frieze and a profiled cornice, complemented by rare stepped consoles. The rounded corners of the church are decorated with a quadrangular rustication made of brickwork. Large rectangular windows in the intercolumnar spaces of the porticos and at the corners are framed with flat casings with ears and a protruding upper part, topped with a thin horizontal sandrik. The western narthex, slightly lowered and built between the outer columns of the portico, is adorned with its own portico featuring paired columns framing the entrance with a semicircular upper window and supporting an entablature with a triangular pediment. The rotundal drum of the church is pierced by 12 arched windows with imposts and keystones at the tops. Half-columns in the interstices support an incomplete entablature similar to the square base, while the dome is complicated by ribs.

Inside the church, four pillars decorated with paired pilasters of the Tuscan order support the arches, between which is the dome drum. Wide compartments on the sides are covered with half-barrel vaults with openings, while in the corner cells, there are box vaults with diagonal breaks. The low undercroft of the church has a flat ceiling supported by four square pillars.

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Церковь Спаса Преображения в Солигаличе

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