Ascension Cathedral, Almaty

Almaty · Kazakhstan

Ascension Cathedral, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Photo: Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May to October
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A brightly painted wooden Orthodox cathedral set in Panfilov Park, built without nails and one of the tallest timber buildings of its kind. Its colorful tiered towers survived major earthquakes that leveled much of the early city.

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