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Kazan Cathedral

A cathedral with a sweeping curved colonnade on Nevsky Prospect, modeled on St. Peter's in Rome.

US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03
Photo: Алексеев Игорь Евгеньевич · Public domain
Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
30 minutes
Address
Kazanskaya Square 2, St. PetersburgDirections
Getting There
Nevsky Prospekt metro station.

Why Go

Built from 1801 to 1811, the cathedral keeps a revered copy of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan and the tomb of Field Marshal Kutuzov, who drove Napoleon out of Russia.

Nearby in St. Petersburg

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