Church of St. Clement

This large Baroque church in the Zamoskvorechye district stands out for its dark red walls, white trim and cluster of five closely grouped domes, an unusually grand design for a mid-eighteenth-century parish church. Its interior retains ornate gilded iconostases and carved altars that survived the Soviet decades, when the building served as a book depository for a state library. Restored to worship, it now houses part of a manuscript collection alongside its congregation.