Famous historic church architectural attractions in St. Petersburg, Russia: Kazan Cathedral, suitable for checking in and taking photos📸

#MarchGoodPlaces2025 St. Petersburg, Russia is a world-famous tourist resort city. Every day, thousands of tourists come here for sightseeing and vacation. There are many famous historical sites and church architectural attractions in St. Petersburg. This time we will introduce a local landmark church architectural attraction: the Kazan Cathedral. Free to visit and take photos📸, no need to buy tickets. The church is located on Nevsky Avenue in St. Petersburg. It was designed by Russian architect Voronikhin and the groundbreaking ceremony began in August 1801. The church was modeled after the ancient St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and was completed in 1811 after 10 years of construction. However, since the main entrance of the church faces north, the side facing Nevsky Avenue is not very beautiful. Therefore, 94 Corniche semicircular colonnades were erected on the east side of the church to make the Kazan Cathedral a typical Russian church. After the completion of the Kazan Cathedral, the most efficacious statue of Our Lady of Kazan in Russia was enshrined inside, and the statue has appeared many times. The first apparition took place during the reign of Ivan the Terrible. During the Mongol invasion of the West, he appeared in the sky many times and caused the Mongol army to flee without fighting. The second apparition took place during the Russo-French War. Before the counterattack, Marshal Kutuzov went to the Kazan Cathedral to pray before Our Lady of Kazan. The Our Lady told Kutuzov in a dream that there would be an unprecedented cold wave, which caused more than half of Napoleon's troops to flee without a fight and freeze to death, and they had no combat effectiveness at all, which enabled Kutuzov to win the battle. The third appearance to the Pope told him that a second cold wave would occur, and this time more than half of the German soldiers would be frozen to death. The tanks could not move, the planes could not take off, and the hands could not pull the trigger. The Kazan Mother of God disappears every time. The Kazan Mother of God is now kept in a museum in the United States, but the Russian people believe that it will reappear when a disaster strikes Russia again. The ashes of the famous Russian Marshal Kutuzov are now buried in the Kazan Cathedral. Both sides of his tombstone are hung with the city flags and keys of the cities captured by Kutuzov in the Russo-French War. In front of the church is a sculpture of Kutuzov sculpted by the famous sculptor Agonov, and next to him is a sculpture of his contemporary Marshal Barclay de Tolly. In 1990, Kazan Cathedral was listed as a World Heritage Site as part of the Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and its Related Monuments.