The Kazan Cathedral belongs to a monumental style of classicism epitomized by St. Peter's in Rome and continued in Jacques Germain Soufflot's Sainte Geneviève in Paris (the Panthéon, built in ...

The Kazan Cathedral's 96 columns were not placed along the perimeter; rather, they opened towards Nevsky Prospect. The cathedral's northern side became the ceremonial entrance.

Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg Whilst taking a stroll along Nevsky Prospekt, the main thoroughfare in St. Petersburg, one cannot fail to notice the impressive Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan. Built ...

Main attractions along Nevsky Prospekt include several 18th-century churches, such as the famous semicircular, domed Kazan Cathedral. North of Nevsky.