St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

I loved this cathedral in downtown Kiev, but I had a hard time capturing it.  It’s large so you need to get back to get it all in, but you can’t due to the outside wall surrounding the building.  You also can’t get a clean shot without dozens of people standing in the way.  There are some clean perspectives around the back that are not as pretty.  So, I went with this zoomed in perspective of the rooftop, which was also hard to capture due to trees (as you can see). 

The position of this cathedral is great within the city.  Its at the end of a major road overlooking the Dnieper River.  The facility itself is amazing.  I just failed as a photographer to capture it.  Sorry about that.

 

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St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery

This amazing facility is still functioning as a monastery in Kiev Ukraine.  It is located on the Dnieper River in a beautiful portion of the city.  It was built in the Middle Ages by Sviatopolk II Iziaslavych.  Unfortunately, the original cathedral was demolished by the Soviets in the 1930s and was reconstructed in 1999 after the Ukrainian independence.  Blair and I climbed bell tower in the surrounding walled structure to get this photo.

 

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