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The National Geographic Magazine
From stereograph copyright by Underwood & Underwood, N.Y.
Splendid Temple of Our Saviour in a Western District of Moscow
Built to commemorate the disastrous failure of Napoleon's attempt to conquer the Czar's empire. Seven thousand people attend mass at one time under the dome, which is covered with pure gold. The gilding of the five domes alone cost nearly a million dollars. The procession is a party of school girls coming from the church guarded by a vigilant chaperone.
