Old Town
Our visit to Petrohrad starts in the city center. It is composed of three parts: the Old Town, the New Town and the Northern Town. The Old Town is obviously the oldest part of the city and dates back to the Middle Ages, although many of its buildings presently date from the XVIIIth and XIXth century. The New encircles the Old Town and was constructed in the XVIIIth century, as was the Northern Town, which is situated to the north of the Old Town.
The very heart of the Old Town is the Main Square. Here we can find the largest church in the city, the Cathedral of st. Ursual, from the XIVth and XVth century. Opposite it stands the city's Belfry, the last remnant of the original city hall from the XIIth century. In the XVth century a new city hall was built, after the old one burnt done. This building can be seen immidiately to left of the Cathedral. It is no longer in use as the city hall, as the city counsil moved to a new building in 1879. On the bottom left the Church of Our Lady is visible.
The next stop is one of the oldest part of the Old Town. On the picture we can see the so calles Horses Square. Situated on this square is the church of st. Xavier from the XIIIth century. Next to it is the Benedictine monastery. On the top left is the oldest surviving church in the city, the church of All Saints, constructed somewhere around 1100. The last remaining part of the city's wall can also be seen.
To the northeast of the Old Town the second largest church of Petrohrad is situated, the Collegiate Church of st. Barbara from the XIIIth century. We can also see the church of st. Peter and part of the so called Imperial Boulevard, constructed in the XVIIIth century of the former site of the city walls.
To the left, we can see the Church of Our Lady again.On the bottom left is the Imperial Operahouse ad just to the upper left of it stands the second oldest church of Petrohrad, the church of st. Martin, built in apr. 1150. In the upper left corner we can see st. John´s Square with the church of st. John.
We conclude our tour of the Old Town with a view of its southeastern part. Here are the churches of st. Euphemia and st. George. We can see the Imperial Boulevard again, encircling the Old town. To the right is the so called New City hall, finished in 1879.
Finally, an areal view of the Old Town.
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