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Panfilov Park and Ascension Cathedral
A shady park in the centre and a wooden cathedral said to be built without a single nail.
No. 2 in the world
The world’s second-tallest wooden church
The Ascension Cathedral is a working Orthodox cathedral built almost entirely of wood. It is considered the second-tallest wooden church in the world after the church of Săpânța-Peri Monastery in Romania (78 m), and UNESCO materials call it one of the tallest timber buildings on the planet.
- Built in 1904–1907 to a design by Konstantin Borisoglebsky, with engineer Andrei Zenkov
- Height: 54–56 m (according to Kazakhstan’s official tourism portal)
Panfilov Park
Ascension Cathedral
How to get there from the apartment
- Apartment
- walk4 min
- Moskva metro
- metro18 min
- Zhibek Zholy metro
- walk10 min
- Panfilov Park and Ascension Cathedral
Total travel time: 32 min
Times do not include traffic or waiting for transport.
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