Alexander Nevsky Lavra

The monastery was founded by decree of Peter the Great, who wanted to perpetuate the victory of Alexander Nevsky over the Teutonic knights in 1240. After the consecration of the Trinity Cathedral, Lavra relics of Alexander Nevsky were brought here. A printing house, a seminary, a shelter and a hospital worked at the monastery. By the end of the XVIII century, the monastery turned into an important spiritual and cultural center of the Russian Empire and received the status of a laurel.