Explore the Lutheran Quarter in St. Petersburg at your own pace with a sightseeing app on your smartphone. On this self-guided tour, you'll discover the everyday life of foreign Protestants living in St. Petersburg in the 18th century, the role they played in the social life of the city, and pay special attention to their famous cathedrals and churches, now located in the heart of St. Petersburg.
There were so many foreigners wishing to move and visit St. Petersburg that it was decided to let them settle outside of the city, across the Moika River. This is how the German Sloboda (a type of settlement) and various communities appeared: Dutch, Finnish, Swedish, French, Austrian, and many others.
Your audio guide will tell you what institutions were housed in churches during the Soviet period, and what happened to Swedish and Finnish parishes. You'll also get to see where the famous chess player Chigorin played chess for money, and learn when the first pedestrian street appeared in St. Petersburg.
The audio tour includes the following sights: Dutch Reformed Church - now Mayakovsky Library, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, clergy houses of Petrikirha, Petrishule, Malaya Konyushennaya Street, Church of St. Catherine, Church of St. Mary, Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street, French Reformed Church.
Downloadable multimedia tour app
