Kazan Cathedral

Kazan Cathedral or Kazanskiy Kafedralniy Sobor, also known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan, is a cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in .
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church on the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg
  • Also known as: Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg” and “Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kazanskaya Square and Singer House.

Square

, also widely known as the House of the Book, is a historic building in , . It is located at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and the , directly opposite the Kazan Cathedral. is situated 190 metres northeast of Kazan Cathedral.

Library
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The , located in , is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries. is situated 600 metres east of Kazan Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Apraksin Dvor and Peter and Paul Fortress.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Neighborhood
The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

The of is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

Kazan Cathedral

Latitude
59.9343° or 59° 56′ 4″ north
Longitude
30.32446° or 30° 19′ 28″ east
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
9GFGW8MF+PQ
Geo­Names ID
12199816
Wiki­data ID
Q404571
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kazan Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كاتدرائية كازان، سانت بطرسبرغ
  • Arabic: كاتدرائية كازان
  • Armenian: Կազանի Աստվածամոր տաճար (Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ)
  • Armenian: Կազանի Աստվածամոր տաճար
  • Asturian: Catedral de Kazán
  • Azerbaijani: Kazan kafedralı
  • Basque: Kazan katedrala (San Petersburgo)
  • Basque: Kazan katedrala
  • Belarusian: Казанская катэдра
  • Belarusian: Казанскі сабор
  • Bulgarian: Казанска катедрала
  • Catalan: Catedral de Kazan
  • Chechen: Казанан килс (Петарбух)
  • Chechen: Казанан килс
  • Chinese: 喀山主教座堂
  • Chinese: 喀山大教堂
  • Chinese: 聖彼得堡喀山主教座堂
  • Croatian: Kazanjska katedrala u Sankt-Peterburgu
  • Czech: Katedrála Panny Marie Kazaňské v Petrohradu
  • Czech: Katedrála Panny Marie Kazaňské
  • Czech: Kazaňská katedrála
  • Danish: Kazan-katedralen
  • Dutch: Kazankathedraal
  • Egyptian Arabic: كاتدرائية كازان، سانت بطرسبرج
  • Esperanto: Katedralo de Kazana Dipatrino
  • Finnish: Kazanin katedraali
  • Finnish: Kazanin tuomiokirkko
  • French: cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Kazan de Saint-Pétersbourg
  • French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Kazan de Saint-Pétersbourg
  • French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Kazan
  • Georgian: ყაზანის ტაძარი
  • German: Kasaner Kathedrale
  • German: Kazaner Kathedrale
  • Hebrew: קתדרלת קאזאן
  • Hungarian: Kazanyi-székesegyház
  • Italian: cattedrale di Kazan‘
  • Italian: Cattedrale di Kazan’
  • Japanese: カザン大寺院
  • Japanese: カザン大聖堂
  • Japanese: カザン寺院
  • Japanese: カザン聖堂
  • Korean: 카잔 대성당
  • Korean: 카잔 성당
  • Latin: Ecclesia cathedralis Dei genetricis Casanensis
  • Lithuanian: Kazanės Dievo Motinos katedra (Sankt Peterburgas)
  • Lithuanian: Kazanės Dievo Motinos katedra
  • Macedonian: Казанска катедрала
  • Malayalam: കസാൻ കത്തീഡ്രൽ, സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്‌സ്ബർഗ്
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kazan-katedralen
  • Norwegian: Kazan-katedralen
  • Persian: کلیسای جامع کازان، سن پترزبورگ
  • Polish: Sobór Kazański
  • Polish: Sobór Kazańskiej Ikony Matki Bożej w Petersburgu
  • Portuguese: Catedral de Nossa Senhora de Cazã
  • Russian: Казанский кафедральный собор
  • Russian: Каза́нский кафедра́льный собо́р
  • Russian: Казанский собор (СПБ)
  • Russian: Казанский собор
  • Serbian: Kazanska katedrala, Sankt Peterburg
  • Slovak: Kazanská katedrála (Petrohrad)
  • Slovak: Kazanská katedrála
  • Slovenian: katedrala kazanske Matere Božje v Sankt Peterburgu
  • Slovenian: Kazanska cerkev, Sankt Peterburg
  • Slovenian: Kazanska cerkev
  • Slovenian: Kazanska katedrala
  • Slovenian: Kazanska stolnica
  • Slovenian: stolnica kazanske Matere Božje v Sankt Peterburgu
  • Spanish: Catedral de Kazan de San Petersburgo
  • Spanish: Catedral de Kazán de San Petersburgo
  • Spanish: Catedral de Kazan
  • Spanish: Catedral de Kazán
  • Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Kazán
  • Swedish: Kazankatedralen, Sankt Petersburg
  • Swedish: Kazankatedralen
  • Turkish: Kazan Katedrali
  • Ukrainian: Казанський собор
  • Uzbek: Qozon sobori
  • Waray (Philippines): Katedral han Kazan, San Petersburgo
  • Waray (Philippines): Kazan Cathedral, St. Petersburg
  • Western Frisian: Kazankatedraal
  • Yue Chinese: 聖彼得堡喀山主教座堂

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