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The Alexander Nevsky Monastery, intended to house the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, is graced by the Holy Trinity Cathedral and five smaller churches in various styles. The monastery is also one of three main centers of Christian education in Russia, having the Russian Orthodox Academy and Seminary and the residence of the St. Petersburg ...
The Admiralty tower The Alexander Palace The Alexandrinsky Theatre Church of the Savior on Blood Grand Choral Synagogue The Alexander Column and the Winter Palace in Palace Square The Imperial Academy of Arts The Kazan Cathedral at night Kikin Hall The Kunstkamera The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange The Smolny Convent The Peter and Paul Fortress Narva Triumphal Gate Saint Isaac's Cathedral ...
The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991.
In 2005, the State Museum of St. Isaac's Cathedral began the recreation of the Holy Gates (permanently lost in the 1920s during the Soviet period). Entirely produced with enamels and based on the pictures and lithographies of the time, the new Holy Gates were designed by V. J. Nikolsky and S. G. Kochetova and reified by the famous enamel artist ...
The Sacred Heart Church [1] (Russian: Храм Святейшего Сердца Иисусова) is a Catholic church, built in the neo-Gothic style located in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg [2] in northern Russia [3] and part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow.
The Peter and Paul Cathedral (Russian: Петропавловский собор, romanized: Petropavlovskiy sobor) is a Russian Orthodox cathedral located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the first and oldest landmark in St. Petersburg, built between 1712 and 1733 on Hare Island along the Neva River.
Embark on an immersive cultural journey through 1,000 years of Florida history with the Jungle Prada Tour, a unique experience set on the privately-owned Anderson property, also known as Sacred ...
August 8 (August 20, New Style), 1825, the first Transfiguration Cathedral was lost to fire. All that remained of the cathedral were the exterior walls and the essential sacred objects, which had been saved. Between 1825 and 1829 it was rebuilt by architect Vasily Stasov in the Empire style that exists today.