Alexander Nevsky Lavra
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Coordinates: 59°55′16″N 30°23′17″E / 59.921°N 30.388°E / 59.921; 30.388 Saint Alexander Nevsky Lavra or Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter I of Russia in 1710 at the eastern end of the Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg supposing that that was the site of the Neva Battle in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes; however, the battle actually took place about 12 miles away from that site.[1] The monastery was founded also to house the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, patron of the newly founded Russian capital; however, the massive silver sarcophagus of St. Alexander Nevsky[2] was relocated during Soviet times to the State Hermitage Museum where it remains (without the relics) today.
