Russische Kapelle
Church in Darmstadt, Germany, dating from 1897
The Russian Chapel in Darmstadt, formally, the St. Mary Magdalene Chapel, is a historic Russian Orthodox church at Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt, Germany. The Russian revival style church with gold onion domes was built between 1897 and 1899 by the architect Leon Benois, and used as a private chapel by the last Emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, whose wife Alexandra Feodorovna was born in Darmstadt. It is named in honor of the patron saint of Nicholas II's grandmother, Maria Alexandrovna who was also born in Darmstadt. It was built of Russian stone and, as some people claim, built on soil from Russi
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- Type:
- Church
- Period:
- 1897
- Where:
- Darmstadt, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 49.88°N, 8.67°E
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