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- Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263).
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Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263). Following his founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, Tsar Peter I planned the course of the street as the beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow .
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Despite the Soviet's efforts to rename Nevsky Prospekt to Proletkult Street and later, to The Avenue of the 25th of October, citizens continued to call it Nevsky Prospekt and in January, 1944, the name was formally restored.
- Alexander Column (Palace Square) This is an unbeatable place for you to start (or end) your trip to Nevsky Prospekt without going anywhere else. It is located in the center of the square and is dedicated to Emperor Alexander I (1801-1825).
- Literary Café (No. 18) Nevsky Avenue has been a great source of literary inspiration in the work of the great Gogol, Dostoevsky, Gorky or Leo Tolstoy.
- Stroganov Palace (No.17) As soon as you cross the Green Bridge (Zelenyy) over the Moyka River, you will reach the Stroganov Palace from the mid-18 cent.
- Dutch Reformed Church (No. 20) and the Lutheran Church of St. Peter and St. Paul (Nos. 22-24) Facing the Stroganov Palace is the Dutch Reformed Church that was built between 1834-1839 for the Dutch community in St. Petersburg.
In fact, Peter the Great planned for the city centre to be on Vasilyevsky Island, and therefore Nevsky Prospekt was not originally thought of as a central street and was developed slowly. It was only in the 1720s that the road was paved with stone and planted with four rows of birch trees.
The unique architectural ensemble of Nevsky Prospekt has been formed during the 18 — early 20th centuries. The street connects the Admiralty and the Alexander Nevsky Square, it starts from the bank of the Neva River, runs through the center of the city, and ends at the Neva River.
This enormous cathedral, modelled on St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, is one of St Petersburg's most important churches and the view of its neoclassical colonnade from Nevsky Prospect is one of the symbols of the city.
Nevsky Prospekt was laid out in the early years of St Petersburg, as the start of the main road to Novgorod, and soon became dotted with fine buildings, squares and bridges. At the beginning of the 1900s, it was one of Europe’s grandest boulevards, with cobblestone footpaths and a track down the middle for horse-drawn trams.
