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CAPTION: The extraordinary eighteeenth-century Church of the Transfiguration Church of the Transfiguration may refer to the following locations:

Israel

  • Church of the Transfiguration located in Mount Tabor

Russia

  • Church of the Transfiguration located in Kizhi (a World Heritage Site)

United States

, Kizhi Island, Lake Onega Noun 1. Lake Onega - lake in northwestern Russia near the border with Finland; second largest lake in Europe
Onega

Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state
, Karelia, Russia, one of the arresting examples from Vanishing Histories, 100 Endongered Sites from the World Monuments Watch by Colin Amery with Brian Curran Brian Phillip Curran (born November 5, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player. He was the general manager and head coach of the Quad City Mallards until he resigned on April 26, 2007.  (Harry N. Abrams, New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, 2001,$60): an (in general) melancholy catalogue of irreplaceable monuments under threat. This church will probably be saved, but it is symbolic of Russia's wooden buildings which are being destroyed in an 'avalanche-like' process.
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Publication:The Architectural Review
Date:Nov 1, 2001
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