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An onion dome, also known as onion cupola, is a dome whose shape resembles an onion. Such domes are often larger in diameter than the tholobate upon which they sit, and their height usually exceeds th
Onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral
Umayyad mosaic showing a building with an onion dome-like appearance
Wooden churches in Kizhi and Vytegra have as many as twenty-five onion domes
Onion domes at the Church of the Resurrection, Kostroma (1652)
The Dormition Cathedral, also known as the Assumption Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church in Vladimir, Russia. It is regarded as the mother church of Russia through the 13th century. It is part of
Onion dome
…found in parts of Central Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East. Other types of Eastern Orthodox cupolas include helmet domes (such as those of the Dormition Cathedral in Vladimir), Ukrainian pear domes (St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv), and Baroque bud domes (St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv) or an onion-helmet mixture like…
Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral Vladimir 2016 06 23 6402
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North-east view
The cathedral in 1912 as documented by color photography pioneer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky