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Church of the Savior on Blood
A church of onion domes and dazzling mosaics, built where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated.
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- Most days
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Griboyedov Canal Embankment 2B, St. PetersburgDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk from Nevsky Prospekt metro station.
Why Go
A bomb killed Alexander II on this spot beside the Griboyedov Canal in 1881, and his son built the church in old Russian style between 1883 and 1907. Inside, almost every surface is covered in mosaics, more than 7,000 square meters of them, and a canopy marks the place of the attack.
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