Travelogues; (1917) (14596437797)

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow
Identifier: travelogues08holmuoft (find matches)
Title: Travelogues;
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Holmes, Burton, b. 1870
Subjects: Argentina -- Description and travel Chile -- Description and travel Brazil -- Description and travel South America -- Description and travel Iguassu Falls
Publisher: Chicago, Travelogue Bureau
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOR
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INTERIOR OF THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SAVIOR MOSCOW 169 Christ the Redeemer. It is usually called the church ofthe Holy Savior. It commemorates the saving of thefatherland from the aggressions of Napoleon in 1812. As welook upon this superb memorial, our thoughts involuntarilygo back to that historic, simple monument that may be seennear Vilna in Poland. On one side of the stone there areengraved the words, Napoleon Buonaparte passed this wayin 1812, with four hundred thousand men; and on the