Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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6.1 km
77 m
Explore Saint Petersburg in Russia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Individual Sights in Saint PetersburgSight 1: М. Ю. Лермонтов
The Monument to Mikhail Lermontov is a sculptural monument to the Russian poet and writer Mikhail Lermontov. It was installed in 1916 in St. Petersburg on Lermontovsky Prospekt in the Lermontov Square in front of the building of the Nikolaev Cavalry School. The author of the monument project is the sculptor B. M. Mikeshin. The monument is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Wikipedia: Памятник Лермонтову (Санкт-Петербург, Лермонтовский проспект) (RU)
Sight 2: Лермонтовский сквер
The square in front of the former building of the Nikolaev Cavalry School is located in the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg and is a monument to garden art. Square area is 0.37 ha.
Sight 3: Театр Дождей
The Rain Theater is a drama theater in St. Petersburg, founded in 1990 by Natalya Nikitina.
Sight 4: Column of Glory
The Column of Glory, sometimes called the Russo-Turkish War Memorial column, is a victory memorial situated in the immediate surroundings of the Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Completed in 2004 as a gift at the 300th anniversary of the city in 2003, the monument is an exact replica of a monument from 1886 that was destroyed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1929.
Sight 5: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a Catholic cathedral in the city of St. Petersburg from 1873 to 1926 and the residence of Metropolitan of Mogilev, the head of the Catholic Church in the Russian Empire. Administratively it belongs to the North-West region Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow, led by Archbishop Metropolitan Paolo Pezzi. Cathedral is closed to the building from the street, which is Russia's only Catholic seminary Mary Queen of the Apostles.
Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Saint Petersburg) (EN)
Sight 6: Измайловский сад
Izmailovsky Garden is a park in St. Petersburg, Russia, located on the embankment of the Fontanka River.
Sight 7: Д. И. Менделеев
The Mendeleev Monument is a sculptural monument to the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. It is located in St. Petersburg near the building of the Chamber of Weights and Measures on Moskovsky Prospekt. The monument was made in 1932 according to the project of the sculptor I. Y. Ginzburg. It is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Sight 8: Багратионовский сквер
Bagrationovsky Square is a public garden in the Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located along Marata Street inside the block bounded by it, Zvenigorodsky Street, the Obvodny Canal Embankment and Entrance Lane.
Sight 9: Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы
The Church of the Intercession on Borovaya Street is an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, Russia. It belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Since 2012, it has had the status of a metochion of the Antonievo-Dymsky Monastery.
Sight 10: Крестовоздвиженский собор
The Holy Cross Cossack Cathedral is an Orthodox parish church in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the intersection of Ligovsky Prospekt and the Obvodny Canal, one of the oldest parishes in St. Petersburg. It is part of the Central Deanery of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
Wikipedia: Крестовоздвиженский собор (Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk
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