Church of Savior on the Spilled Blood

Newly reopened - for the first time since the 1930s !!!
This marvelous Old Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated on March 1, 1881. Built in 1883-1907, the church was designed in the spirit of sixteenth- and seventeenth century Russian architecture, inspired particularly by St Basil's Cathedral on Red Square in Moscow.
The interior of the church, a memorial to the late Emperor Alexander II, was decorated with different marbles and several thousand square yards of mosaics. These mosaics were far from being ordinary; their surface was left unpolished, so that they reflect sunlight, which impressed worshipers and other visitors alike.

Address: Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova 2
Metro: Nevsky Prospekt/Gostiny Dvor
Telephone: 314-40-53
Open: Thursday to Thursday, 11 am to 6 pm, last admission is at 5 pm
Closed Wednesdays