St Michael the Archangel, Kaunas, South East Elevation

            St. Michael the Archangel's Church or the Garrison Church (Russian: Церковь Святого Михаила Архангела; Lithuanian: Švento Arkangelo Mykolo Bažnyčia) is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania, which provides a focal point for Laisvės Alėja, the main pedestrian street. It was built between 1891 and 1895 when Kaunas was part of the Russian empire, in Neo-Byzantine style largely for the use of the Russian Orthodox garrison of Kaunas Fortress.

It was built in an unusual Roman Byzantine architectural style hailed by contemporary architectural critics but which never really took off. It employing triple Corinthian columns in an otherwise typical "neo-Byzantine" (Romanesque) five-dome design. In total the exterior has 266 large and small columns and pilasters.

The church was designed as an Orthodox cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in 1890 by K. H. Lymarenko; it was authorized for construction on November 10 that year. Official groundbreaking was celebrated on 29 June 1891. The cathedral was completed in four years (unusually quickly for its size), and was inaugurated on 17 September 1895. Completion of the church finalized the administrative building complex of the Kaunas Fortress; it symbolized less the presence of Orthodox Christians than the imperial authority of the Russian government.

After the fall of the Kaunas Fortress during World War I the Germans cut down the church bells and transported them to Germany. The church stayed closed until 1919. In the interwar period the cathedral became a Roman Catholic church of the Lithuanian garrison of Kaunas. There were voices urging the demolition of the church as it was labeled as without architectural value. During the Soviet Union, it was used as an art gallery. Nowadays it serves as a Roman Catholic church. The other popular name of the church is Soboras or 'the Synod Church'.

This description incorporates text from the English Wikipedia.

Taken in: Lithuania / Kaunas / Naujamiestis (Kaunas) (show map)

Taken on: August 7, 2017

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/8.0, 1/250 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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