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PMR580-02 Russia, Kizhi: Wooden "Church of Christ's Transfiguration", the "summer church", on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea, Karelia. The church was built in 1714 without the use of nails, according to legend by one man, who afterwards threw his axe in the lake, so that his feat could not be repeated. The church has 22 onion domes.

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Upload Date: 2012-11-10 19:30:13
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Russia, Kizhi: Wooden "Church of Christ's Transfiguration", the "summer church",

on the island of Kizhi in the Onega Sea, Karelia.
The church was built in 1714 without the use of nails, according to legend by one man, who afterwards threw his axe in the lake, so that his feat could not be repeated. The church has 22 onion domes.