The Holy Trinity Cathedral and Russian Orthodox Spiritual and Cultural Center stands near the Seine, close to the Eiffel Tower. Jean-Michel Wilmotte designed it after the competition winner, Nunez Yanowsky, was dropped following objections. The Russian government bought the site in 2010, groundbreaking was in 2013, and Patriarch Kirill inaugurated it on April 12, 2016. The infobox lists Art Moderne and New Classical, which are not on the atlas style list.
The facades use about 4,000 tons of light granite. The central dome, 12 m high and wide, represents Christ, and four smaller domes represent the evangelists. They are fibreglass, gilded with about 90,000 gold-platinum leaves. The design echoes the Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin. The complex also holds a conference center, library, diocesan offices and a bilingual school.
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