Chiesa Russo-ortodossa di Cristo Salvatore
The Chiesa Russo-ortodossa di Cristo Salvatore in Sanremo stands as a concrete link between the city’s early 20th-century Russian expatriate community and its wider Italian heritage. The church, built between 1912 and 1913, embodies Russian Revival architecture and was conceived to serve a growing Orthodox community that had settled in Sanremo as a place for tourism and health cures. The project originally carried the design of the Russian architect Aleksej Scusev, though he never visited Sanremo; the definitive plans were executed by the local engineer Pietro Agosti. In its courtyard, two busts remind visitors of the era’s connections to Italian royalty: Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena of Montenegro, who was raised Orthodox. …
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