Temples and cathedrals in Penza

Q: Where to take beautiful photos in Penza: the best photo zones?

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.

Q: Which museums are considered the best and what is stored in them?

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.

Q: What little-known sights of Penza are worth seeing?

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.

Q: What legends and legends are associated with the sights of Penza?

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).

Q: What places in Penza is worth visiting a tourist who came for just one day?

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”.