Russia
NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast

St. Andrew

Saint Andrew's Cathedral was the last Baroque cathedral built in , . The cathedral was conceived at the time of Peter the Great as the chapter church of Russia's first chivalric order, that of Saint Andrew.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: cathedral
  • Also known as: “Saint Andrew’s Cathedral” and “Saint Andrew’s Cathedral, St Petersburg”
  • Address: 6-я линия В.О. 11 литА
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vasilievsky Island and Menshikov Palace.

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is an island in situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river. The population of the district, including the adjacent to Dekabristov Island, separated by the Smolenka river, and smaller islets, is approximately 215,000 people.

Museum
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The is a Petrine Baroque edifice in , situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on . is situated 700 metres east of St. Andrew.

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The Bronze Horseman is an of in the in , Russia. It was opened to the public on 18 August 1782. is situated 1 km east of St. Andrew.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

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, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

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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.

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The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

St. Andrew

Latitude
59.93979° or 59° 56′ 23″ north
Longitude
30.28325° or 30° 16′ 60″ east
Levels
1
Open location code
9GFGW7QM+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 84046074
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q152271
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“St. Andrew” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت أندرو”
  • Belarusian: “Андрэеўскі сабор (Санкт-Пецярбург)”
  • Belarusian: “Андрэеўскі сабор”
  • Czech: “Chrám svatého Ondřeje”
  • Dutch: “Andreaskathedraal (Sint-Petersburg)”
  • Dutch: “Andreaskathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائية سانت اندرو”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint-André de Saint-Pétersbourg”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-André de Saint-Pétersbourg”
  • Georgian: “სანქტ-პეტერბურგის ანდრია პირველწოდებულის ტაძარი”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Sant’Andrea (San Pietroburgo)”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Sant’Andrea”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Андреј”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع سنت آندرو”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santo André (São Petersburgo)”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santo André”
  • Russian: “Андреевский собор”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Andreja”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Ondreja”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Andreas Katedrali (Sankt-Peterburg)”
  • Turkish: “Aziz Andreas Katedrali”
  • Western Frisian: “Andréaskatedraal (Sint-Petersburch)”
  • Western Frisian: “Andréaskatedraal”

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