Russian Church, Geneva

Russian Church, Geneva
Genève, Switzerland (CH)
The Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna, sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I and aunt of Queen Victoria, was a long-time resident of Geneva and funded the construction of a Russian Orthodox church in 1863. Built over the remains of a 16th-century Benedictine priory, it was designed by Grimm, a professor at the St-Petersburg Academy, and completed in 1866.
The Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna, sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I and aunt of Queen Victoria, was a long-time resident of Geneva and funded the construction of a Russian Orthodox church in 1863. Built over the remains of a 16th-century Benedictine priory, it was designed by Grimm, a professor at the St-Petersburg Academy, and completed in 1866.
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