Church
Site of the New Vyborg Cathedral
- Hours
- No regular visiting hours published; this is an open urban space.
- How to visit
- The cathedral no longer survives. The site is a public square with a commemorative granite plaque on the preserved foundation; visit from the street.
- Hours
- About 15 min
Why it is worth the detour
This open site once held the red-brick neo-Gothic cathedral nicknamed the “Vyborg Notre-Dame.” Bombing damaged it in 1939–1944, but its final disappearance was deliberate: the remaining walls were blown up and cleared in 1953 for a Soviet theater that was never built.
An open site marking the location of the former neo-Gothic Vyborg Cathedral, known as the 'Vyborg Notre-Dame,' which was destroyed during and after World War II.
The people behind this address
Documented connections, not celebrity trivia.
Edvard Dippell
The Vyborg architect designed the cathedral, completed in 1893.
Hugo Simberg
The Finnish symbolist artist depicted the cathedral in his work.
What else is close by
The nearest places we have written up, with straight-line distance from here.
100 m
Karelian Isthmus Military Museum
A private museum dedicated to the Soviet-Finnish wars, featuring interactive exhibits.
100 m
House with Pelicans
Decorative pelicans on the façade turn an otherwise sober historic building into one of Vyborg's popular architectural puzzles.
200 m
Transfiguration Cathedral, Vyborg
The Transfiguration Cathedral is known as a prominent example of classicist architecture in Vyborg.
200 m
Governor's Palace
The classical residence built for the imperial governor anchors Catherine II's administrative ensemble around Cathedral Square.
300 m
Hermitage-Vyborg Center
An external branch of the Saint Petersburg Hermitage Museum located in Vyborg.
Walk it with the stories
This address is one stop among many. Our routes and quests link them into a walk that makes sense on the ground.