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The building s most pronounced feature is its onion domes which are typical of the russian orthodox church.
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The onion dome is a bulbous shaped roof ending in a sharp point on the top.
While there appears to be no prescribed numbers of domes for the churches saint basil s in moscow has ten a minimum of five seems to be requisite as is the adornment of the domes with the distinctive orthodox cross and brightly rendered surface of the domes.
Architectural fiberglass inc can replicate existing domes removed from a building or manufacture new dome designs.
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Most will recognise the shape from its use on russian orthodox and baroque churches a classic example being the domes of st basils cathedral in moscow s red square.
Each piece has many bends so there are hundreds of different shapes in each roof and thousands of individual pieces in each roof.
Each piece of sheet metal is a different size and shape the pieces first getting larger then smaller.
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