Chiesa Russo-ortodossa di Cristo Salvatore
The Chiesa Russo-ortodossa di Cristo Salvatore stands in Sanremo as a Russian Orthodox church shaped by the city’s international past. Its square plan, five mosaic-covered onion domes, and freestanding bell tower draw on seventeenth-century Moscow religious architecture, while colourful brickwork and semicircular windows define the entrance.
The idea began after Empress Maria Alexandrovna visited Sanremo in 1864, but construction followed only in 1912 and finished in 1913. Russian aristocrats supported the project, Tsar Nicholas II organised a nationwide fundraising campaign, and Alexey Shchusev designed the building with Pietro Agosti overseeing its construction. A bomb damaged the church in 1940, and services continued in the crypt for more than a decade before restoration returned the building to its original appearance in the 1960s.
Inside, a three-tiered iconostasis separates the worship space, with three altars dedicated to patron saints. Copies of icons from Kyiv and a ceiling painting based on Viktor Vasnetsov’s fresco in Saint Vladimir Cathedral connect Sanremo with Russian and Ukrainian religious art.
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