From Gorkovskaya metro station to the mosque: an architectural promenade
A walk from Gorkovskaya metro station through Alexander Park and Kronverksky Prospekt to the cathedral mosque
Stories along the route
Горьковская (станция метро, Санкт-Петербург) · 0.0 km
You're standing by the metro exit, and you may not even realize that literally right behind your back is the house where a man once lived whose name this square used to bear.
Александровский парк (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.1 km
You are standing at the edge of a place that was once a military training ground and is now one of the city's first public parks.
Памятник «Стерегущему» · 0.4 km
Before you stands the only Art Nouveau monument in St. Petersburg — and it's also the last monument that managed to be erected in the city before the revolution.
Санкт-Петербургская соборная мечеть · 0.8 km
Before you stands not just a building, but a true architectural monument that could have stood in Samarkand or Bukhara, yet fits perfectly into the Petersburg landscape.
Особняк Кшесинской · 0.8 km
In front of you stands not just a beautiful Art Nouveau house — this is a building that has seen more than it might seem at first glance.