This colorful church, with its distinctive onion dome, was built on the exact spot where a terrorist bomb killed Alexander II in 1881, hence the name. It is also sometimes known as the Church of the Resurrection of Christ. The elaborate edifice is particularly interesting because it's the only work of truly Russian architecture in this city of European palaces. A chapel next door is devoted to the czar, who began many reforms in Russia, notably the emancipation of serfs. Thursday-Tuesday May-October 10 am-8 pm, November-April 10 am-6 pm. Cathedral 250 rubles. Kanal Griboyedova 2a (just off Nevsky Prospekt), St. Petersburg. Phone 812-314-2168 or 812-315-1636 to schedule a tour. http://eng.cathedral.ru/saviour.
