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Trininty Cathedral in St.Petersburg (burned)

 
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Camrade
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Location: Санкт-Петербург

PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:09 am    Post subject: Trininty Cathedral in St.Petersburg (burned) Reply with quote

It was burning yesterday.
Terrible photos http://superkonst.fotoplenka.ru/album229014
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Zach10791
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Joined: 19 Mar 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I saw that on the BBC. What a tragedy! Do the police know the exact cause of the fire?
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Rick
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Joined: 04 May 2005
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Location: Касабланка

PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 6:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's quite horrible. Especially as they were obviously just working on it....
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surfguy
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah it's too bad...just hope they can rebuild it to some what of it's past grandness
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Camrade
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

this cathedral belongs to UNESCO so they will recover it...

but still the fire was caused by one cigarette. workers were from former USSR countries
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surfguy
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

so unfortunate!
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a_medico
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Joined: 29 Dec 2003
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Location: India

PostPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damn... this is just so ridiculous... i have seen this structure almost daily during my stay in spb.

its sad to see such a sight. hope it gets rebulit soon.
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