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SIGHTS, ART & MUSEUMS
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Metro «Gostinnyy dvor»,
Downtown area
St Isaac Square, 1, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Painting, Religion, Sculpture, Sight
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
naberezhnaya kanala Griboyedova, 2A, St Petersburg, Russia, 191011
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Culture, History, Religion, Sight
This legendary church os placed on Griboedov's Canal. It has stunning multi-colored domes in traditional russian manner. The church was originally built in memory of the assassination of Alexander II, killed by a bomb in 1881 on the exact spot the cathedral stands today.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Kazanskaya ploshchad, 2, St Petersburg, Russia, 191186
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Culture, History, Religion, Sculpture, Sight
Nowdays, with it's own garden and fountain, Kazansky Cathedral become not only the Orthodox Church and Museum of Religion. On the opposite site, near to Griboedov's Canal Station, it is also well known as beautiful meeting point.
It's a master-piece of architecture in the middle of Nevsky avenue.
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Metro «Gor'kovskaya»,
Ñity centre area
Kronverkskiy prospekt, 7, St Petersburg, Russia, 197046
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History, Religion, Sculpture, Sight
The Saint-Petersburg Mosque from 1913 was the largest mosque in Europe, its minarets attaining 49 meters in height and the impressive dome rising 39 meters high.
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Metro «Sadovaya»,
Ñity centre area
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History, Museum, Religion
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