One of the oldest buildings in the city. It was erected on the site of a wooden church built in honor of the victory at Poltava won by June 27, 1709 – the day of St. . Sampson Sampson Cathedral complex includes: the building of the cathedral, the bell tower and chapel. It differs from other famous urban constructions by mixing pre-Petrine forms and elements of architecture of early Petersburg. Researchers credited his appearance to one of the trends of the first half of the eighteenth century – “Annensky baroque”, but faceted tent with windows at the top of the bell tower was the only case in St. Petersburg, but typical of the architecture of XVI – XVIII centuries. . Moscow, Yaroslavl, Solikamsk and other Russian cities
characteristic monuments transitional mixture of various architectural styles and forms originated and in the interiors of the temple, mostly in its iconostasis:. Main and two small
main iconostasis in the name of St. . Sampson the Hospitable, made with exquisite brilliance and skill, is a real masterpiece of Russian art in the first half of the XVIII century. Small iconostasis (the south – in the chapel of the Archangel Michael, and the north – in St. John the Evangelist chapel) are more modest forms and most of the central inferior, but, nevertheless, also referred to extraordinary creations of his period
iconostasis belong to. type in which the architecture, sculpture and art complement each other in a harmonious synthesis. This type of Russian Baroque iconostasis comes from the first quarter of the XVIII century, and its characteristic feature is the interaction of the new trends of Western European art from the ancient traditions of Russian religious art.