Alexander Nevsky Lavra

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Eastern Orthodox monastery Russian Orthodox monastery architectural ensemble historical complex

Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a major Russian Orthodox monastery and historical complex in Saint Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great and dedicated to the medieval prince and saint Alexander Nevsky.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg	1
Alexander Nevsky Monastery (initial designs)	1
Александро-Невская лавра	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Eastern Orthodox monastery ⓘ Russian Orthodox monastery ⓘ architectural ensemble ⓘ historical complex ⓘ
affiliation	Metropolitan of Saint Petersburg and Ladoga (historically) ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
architecturalStyle	Baroque ⓘ Neoclassical ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Alexander Borodin ⓘ Alexander Suvorov ⓘ Dmitri Mendeleev ⓘ surface form: Dmitry Mendeleev Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ Mikhail Glinka ⓘ Mikhail Lomonosov ⓘ Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ Nikolai Karamzin ⓘ Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ⓘ Vasily Zhukovsky ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
denomination	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
foundedBy	Peter the Great ⓘ
foundedFor	veneration of Saint Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	early 18th century ⓘ
hasFunction	monastery ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasPart	Annunciation Church (Alexander Nevsky Lavra) ⓘ Holy Trinity Cathedral (Alexander Nevsky Lavra) ⓘ Lazarevskoe Cemetery ⓘ Lazarevskoe Cemetery ⓘ surface form: Nikolskoye Cemetery Tikhvin Cemetery ⓘ cemeteries ⓘ monastic buildings ⓘ
hasStatus	active monastery ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	Russian ⓘ
locatedIn	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg
locatedNear	Blagoveshchensky Bridge ⓘ surface form: Alexander Nevsky Bridge Alexander Nevsky Square ⓘ
locatedOn	left bank of the Neva River ⓘ
namedAfter	Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
officialNameInRussian	Alexander Nevsky Lavra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Александро-Невская лавра
partOf	Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Historic Centre and Related Groups of Monuments
religion	Russian Orthodox Church ⓘ
significance	important burial place of Russian cultural figures ⓘ major spiritual center of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	540 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alexander Suvorov → burialPlace → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

Auguste de Montferrand → burialPlace → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

Fyodor Dostoevsky → burialPlace → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky → buriedIn → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

Alexander Nevsky → commemoratedBy → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg

Domenico Trezzini → notableWork → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Nevsky Monastery (initial designs)

Alexander Nevsky Lavra → officialNameInRussian → Alexander Nevsky Lavra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Александро-Невская лавра

Mikhail Lomonosov → placeOfBurial → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ

Nevsky Prospekt → terminusB → Alexander Nevsky Lavra ⓘ