Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-23 | Page 6 | St. Isaac's Cathedral

st isaacs cathedral the dome of st isaac a cathedral 1 st petersburg Is the most con object in the city it Is coy ered with copper overlaid with puro gold no less than 19 worth of gold being melted down for the pur pose entering the cathedral by the magnificent bronze doors forty four feet wide and thirty feet high said id be the largest in the the visitor Is overwhelmed by its rich ness and massive sp endor the dome of the shrine is supported by eight corinthian pillars of malachite malac nite div en by prince demidoff and valued at the total cost 0 this cathedral Is estimated at 60