Rivers in Penza

Answer: In Penza, outstanding examples of Russian classicism have been preserved - the building of the Noble Assembly of the 1790s, built according to the project of the provincial architect Y.A. Ananyin. Of particular interest is the ensemble of Cathedral Square with the monumental Assumption Cathedral (1905) in the neo-Byzantine style. The unique wooden Meat Passage of the XIX century with carved facades is a rare example of commercial architecture in the province.

Answer: Picturesque views are opened from the embankment of the Sura River, where a monument to the First Settler is installed (1980, sculptor V.G. Kozenyuk). The architectural background is the ancient merchant mansions in the Art Nouveau style. Unusual shots will be obtained at the "House with Angels" (Kirova St., 3) with figures of cherubs on the facade. In the Belinsky Park photogenic gazebo-rotunda of the 1840s and oak alley planted in the XIX century.

Answer: The Literary Museum has rare editions of the XVIII century and autographs by Denis Davydov. The Museum of one painting named after G.V. Myasnikov demonstrates a masterpiece from the collection of the Hermitage - "Vision to the lad Bartholomew" M.V. Nesterov. The local history museum stores archaeological finds of Mordovian tribes, including bronze jewelry of the X-XII centuries.

Answer: On the street of Glory preserved the only water tower in the city of 1903 built in the style of industrial modernity. In the street square. Volodarsky is an unusual monument to the Penza tram with a car from 1935. Antiquities lovers will be interested in the house of the merchant Kuzmin (Moskovskaya Street, 85) with preserved interiors in the style of eclecticism.

Answer: With the fountain "Rostok" on Victory Avenue associated with the urban legend of walled in the base of the gold bar. According to legend, underground passages under the building of the former House of Bishops lead to a secret chapel. Old-timers claim that the ghost of the merchant of the first guild F.E. Shvetsov still wanders along the corridors of his former mansion (now - registry office).

Answer: It is obligatory to visit the Museum of Stage Art named after V. E. Meyerhold in the building of the former People's Theatre. The architectural dominant of the city is the Spasska Cathedral with a 53-meter bell tower. In the park named after V.G. Belinsky you can see the monument to the first Russian circus chapito, opened in 1873. The route is completed at the monument “Penza – Homeland of the Russian Circus”.