Presented on the pages of the book in geographical and chronological completeness, the photo collection takes the viewer into the mysterious world of Christian symbolism and allows you to trace the evolutionary path of the cross through the centuries to our time. The album is provided with a text commentary; the material relating to symbolism is presented in a lively and accessible form, which makes the book interesting both to a narrow circle of specialists - historians, art historians, restorers, and to a wide readership. Being at the same time a visual aid, the photo album makes it possible to refer to the best Russian examples - masterpieces of blacksmithing of temple architecture.