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St. John the Baptist's Church
Церква Іоанна Предтечи

2 Dimitrov Ln.
Kerch Ukraine
http://www.archiportal.crimea....

Status:
built
Construction Dates
  Began752
  Finished758
Building Uses
 - religious
Structural Types
 - church

 Heights ValueSource / Comments 
Roof69 ftwww.info.crimea-portal.gov.ua
Belfry
Church cross52 ftUnconfirmed
Church dome43 ftUnconfirmed
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Description
• Width: 30.5 m.
• Length: 22.5 m.
• One of oldest Christian churches in Eastern Europe.
Several sources point at the start of the construction in year 757 AD, and it was finished a few years later, although an exact date of its completion is not conclusive.
• It was being renovated and upgraded several times since its construction in 1801, 1834 (the narthex was built), 1842 (the belfry was built, architect A. Digby), 1845 (the side chapel was built), 1894-1896.


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