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A large, pale yellow classical church with columns, arched windows, and two steeples, one with a clock tower, stands against a blue sky.

A large, pale yellow classical church with columns, arched windows, and two steeples, one with a clock tower, stands against a blue sky.

generate a Russian Protestant church with the following characteristics: Clarity and symmetry: Rectangular volume, colonnades (Doric, Ionic), triangular pediments. Reminds secular buildings – town halls, universities. "Protestant" modesty: Minimum decor. No iconostasis outside. The cross is laconic, metallic, often on the pediment. High windows: Huge arched or rectangular windows, flooding the interior with light (a symbol of the Enlightenment). Domes (optional): A small cylindrical drum with a spire or lantern, accentuating the center of the building. Sometimes a rotunda. Bell tower: Separate or built-in, austere, with a spire. The clock is an essential element similar to the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg, but without icons on the facade, with a colonnade and large windows See more