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Gostinyy
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NAB R EK MOYKI NEVSKIY PR Gostinyy This striking ORIGINS
Dvor
Originally known as
the “Great Prospective
columned arcade
Dvor
Nevskiy
Prospekt
SADOVAYA NAB R EKI FONTA N KI (see p61) has been Road”, Nevskiy prospekt
the focal point of
was cut through thick
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the city’s shopping
forest in 1718. Prone to
was home to packs of
century. It houses a
0 6 7 3 1 since the mid-18th flooding, the stretch
Map of Nevskiy Prospekt vast array of shops. wolves for many years.
It takes its current name
from Alexander Nevskiy,
a 13th-century national
hero who defeated
invading Swedish
and Danish armies.
Church of
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St Catherine
The oldest Roman
Catho lic church in Russia
(see p69). An 18th-century
mixture of Baroque and
Neo-Classical styles, the
structure can hold up to
2,500 people.
Siege Plaque
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Dating from the
years of the World
War II siege of the city
(see p38), the plaque
reads, “Citizens! This
side of the street is more
dangerous during an
artillery bombardment!”
Stroganov
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Palace
This Baroque-style palace
(below) once had an
ex hib ition devot ed to the
evils of the aristo cracy.
The building now belongs
to the Russian Museum
(see pp22–3).
Cathedral
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of Our Lady
of Kazan
The 1811 cathedral
(above) (see p68) was
inspired by St Peter’s
Basilica in Rome. Used
as a museum of atheism
during the Soviet period,
religious services made
a return in 1992.
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