Russian Orthodox Church, Dresden
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The Russian Orthodox Church of Saint Simeon of the Wonderful Mountain (Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche des Heiligen Simeon vom wunderbaren Berge) is a Russian Orthodox church in the German city of Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. It was designed by Harald Julius von Bosse
Harald Julius von Bosse
Harald Julius von Bosse was a 19th century architect and painter. He was descended from a Germano-Baltic noble family and was a subject of the Russian Empire.-Life:...
and Karl Weißbach
Karl Weißbach
Karl Robert Weißbach was a German architect and university lecturer-Selected works:*1872-74 - Russian Orthodox Church, Dresden*1877-1883 - Niederwalddenkmal, with the sculptor Johannes Schilling...
and built from 1872 to 1874. It is dedicated to Simeon Stylites
Simeon Stylites
Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite was a Christian ascetic saint who achieved fame because he lived for 39 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo in Syria. Several other stylites later followed his model...
.