Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel
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Coordinates: 56°1′25″N 92°51′34″E / 56.02361°N 92.85944°E The Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel (Russian: Часовня Параскевы Пятницы) is a Russian Orthodox Chapel, situated on the top of Karaulnaya Mountain, in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
[edit] History
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Before of the arrive of the Cossacks a heathen temple of Kacha's Tatar was located in the current place of the chapel. The Cossacks placed a on the top of the mountain a watchtower to notify citizens about hostile raids.
In 1805 a merchant named Novikov constructed a wooden chapel on that place remembering being saved from a whirlpool of rapids. Another version about the construction of the building states that the local inhabitants built the chapel due to the deliverance of their ancestors from the enemies. However this building became decrepit after some time.
In 1852 Tomsky bishop Afanasy gave permission to the city Duma for the building of a stone chapel. Between 1852 and 1855 it was built by architects Ya. Alfeev and Ya. Nabalov from the funds of the prominent owner of gold mines and patron of art Pyotr Kuznetsov. In 1887 the Russian scientist and radio inventor Aleksander Popov observed the solar eclipse in the place of the chapel. In memory of this in 1977, on the East front of the building a granite memorial plaque was placed.
The chapel was abandoned during the Soviet era. Between 1973 and 1975 the building was restored with the projects of A.S. Brusnikin.
[edit] The Paraskeva Pyatnitsa Chapel Today
Since 1980 the building has been an architectural monument of local significance. It is in fact one of the major symbols of the city. The Chapel is today a important place of pilgrimage by citizens and visitors of Krasnoyarsk. A prominent number of brides and fiancés make their way towards the Chapel to make a declaration of love to each other. The Chapel, as a symbol of the city, decorates the 10-rouble notes.
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