Tuesday 31 January 2012

1330 UA - Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans (2011)

Brief Description

"The Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans represents a masterful synergy of architectural styles built by Czech architect Josef Hlavka from 1864 to 1882. The property, an outstanding example of 19th-century historicist architecture, also includes a seminary and monastery and is dominated by the domed, cruciform Seminary Church with a garden and park. The complex expresses architectural and cultural influences from the Byzantine period onward and embodies the powerful presence of the Orthodox Church during Habsburg rule, reflecting the Austro-Hungarian Empire policy of religious tolerance."

Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1330



Courtesy of Paolo from g+

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