saint-petersburg. double-headed eagle on the fence of the transfiguration spaso-preobrazhensky cathedral. the fence was

architect architecture bird cannon cathedral church city crown decor eagle emblem empire federation fence gilt gold guard headed heritage historical history izmailovsky lattice military monument orthodox peter petersburg preobraqzhensky preobrazhensky regiment regimental religion russia russian saved sculpture shine spaso stasov style symbol temple transfiguration two victory wings