Nevsky Prospekt-1: from Malaya Morskaya to Sadovaya

What can you expect?

Leaving the Admiralteyskaya metro station, the deepest in St. Petersburg, on the corner of Malaya Morskaya Street, you will see the Wawelberg house, reminiscent of a Venetian palazzo and built at the beginning of the 20th century. Next to it is the entrance from Malaya Morskaya Street to the unusual Bird Courtyard - an unusual space where birds sing and flowers bloom, where true St. Petersburg culture, kindness and understanding reign.

But back to Nevsky Prospect. Having reached Bolshaya Morskaya Street, on the opposite side of Nevsky you will see the entrance under the arch of the General Staff Building and the clock set by D.I. Mendeleev. Next - the house of Kotomin, where in fatal January 1836 in the confectionery Wolf and Beranger Pushkin himself stopped before the duel.

The pink house with columns in the 18th century belonged to General-Police Chief Chicherin. That is why the Green Bridge across the Moika River was formerly called the Policeman.

On the other side of the river is the Stroganov Palace, where the branch of the Russian Museum is located. You move on, and suddenly there are huge glazed windows: the house of Mertens, an unexpected transition to the beginning of the 20th century.

Have time for a break? Make it in Kazan Square, admiring the Kazan Cathedral and the monuments to Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly, and then go to the avenue to one of the most famous buildings in St. Petersburg - the Zinger House, where today the Book House and the headquarters of the VKontakte network are located.

Behind the Kazan bridge, one of the widest in St. Petersburg, on the corner of the embankment of the Griboedov Canal, you will see Engelhardt’s house - not only an example of classicism, but also the Small Hall of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic. Immediately behind it was the "Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria" - the oldest temple in the city of the Roman Catholic Church.

Across the road is a building, without which it seems that not a single landscape with a view of Nevsky can do: the tower of the City Council, which has retained its appearance from the beginning of the 19th century. And after the Basilica, going a little ahead along the Nevsky, you will find another “hidden” temple - the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Catherine.

Truly luxurious, not only outside but also inside - the Passage department store, the next point on our route. Eclecticism, which has gained a new life as one of the most fashionable trading houses in modern Petersburg. And finally, the final stop is Gostiny Dvor: not just a metro station, but also the city’s largest department store for more than two centuries.