Alexander Nevsky Lavra: from bridges to necropolises
A walk around the monastery island: bridges, cathedrals, cemeteries, and the Museum of Urban Sculpture
Stories along the route
2-й Лаврский мост · 0.0 km
Before you stands a bridge that defies expectations: it looks like an old wooden one, but in fact it's a true technological breakthrough. This is the 2nd Lavrsky Bridge, and it's the only one in St.
Государственный музей городской скульптуры · 0.3 km
Before you stands not just a museum, but a true keeper of the city's memory, spread out under the open sky. Imagine: here, within these walls, since 1939, unseen work has been underway to rescue and study the sculptures…
Тихвинское кладбище (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.4 km
Вы стоите у входа на Тихвинское кладбище, и, возможно, даже не догадываетесь, что это место хранит в себе удивительную историю, переплетённую с судьбой самого города.
Благовещенская церковь Александро-Невской лавры · 0.5 km
Before you stands the first stone church of Saint Petersburg, and it has been here for three centuries. You are looking at the Annunciation Church, which appeared on this land in 1717, when the city was just beginning to…
Никольское кладбище Александро-Невской лавры · 1.0 km
Before you lies a quiet city within a city, where time seems to have stood still. This is Nikolskoye Cemetery, the third in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and it appeared here in 1861.
Троицкий собор Александро-Невской лавры · 1.5 km
Before you stands not just a church, but the heart of an entire order. Imagine: within these walls, affairs once took place connected with the highest military award of the Russian Empire — the Order of Saint Alexander N…