The main dome
Gold.
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The Nativity of Christ Cathedral is an Orthodox cathedral in central Riga, the capital of Latvia, in the Neo-Byzantine style. It is the largest Orthodox cathedral built in the Baltic provinces and stands in a park on Brivibas Boulevard. Nikolai Chagin and Robert Pflug designed it, and it was built between 1876 and 1883, when Latvia was part of the Russian Empire. It is known for its icons, some painted by Vasili Vereshchagin. In the First World War German troops turned it into a Lutheran church, and it became an Orthodox cathedral again in 1921. From outside you see a cathedral with pale sand-coloured walls, crowned by a large shining gold dome and smaller gold and dark blue domes with crosses. Arches, round windows and stone bands decorate the front, and a park with tall trees and a black iron fence surrounds it. It is about 800 metres from Riga's old town in a straight line. It is a working place of worship, so keep quiet and dress modestly.
Gold.
With crosses.
Tall trees.
Brivibas Boulevard, central Riga, Latvia
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Nikolai Chagin and Robert Pflug.