Alexander Nevsky chapel

Petergof, Russian Empire

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Opening hours: 10:30-18:00 "вход до 17:00"; Mo off
Admission: Ticketed

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The Alexander Nevsky Chapel in Alexandria Park, Petergof, is a Russian pseudo-Gothic Orthodox church designed by the renowned Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel at the request of Tsar Nicholas I in 1829 and consecrated in July 1834. Built between 1831 and 1834 under the direction of Adam Menelaws and Ludwig Charlemagne, this Gothic Revival structure served as the private family church of the House of Romanov before the Russian Revolution. The chapel's distinctive exterior features 43 copper figures lining its walls, created by sculptor Vasily Demut-Malinovsky, while its interior iconostasis was designed and painted by Carl Timoleon von Neff. The church housed numerous icons donated by the royal family, though most artworks were lost during World War II; the interior underwent restoration only in 1998. The chapel gained additional historical significance as the home church of Empress Maria Fyodorovna during the reign of Alexander III, and her coffin was brought there during her reburial ceremony in September 2006.