As far back as 1586 the history of Samara began, therefore the city itself and the entire Samara region are rich in various sights. The interests of tourists are always different, so each of them wants to choose what he likes best for visiting. For the convenience of acquaintance with the fact that you can see in Samara from the sights, we will divide them into several main groups.
Historical sights of Samara
In the city of Samara lived and worked many famous figures of Russia, so there remained a large number of such memorable buildings:
- Museum-Estate of A. Tolstoy;
- House-Museum of MV. Frunze;
- House-Museum of VI. Lenin;
- Profitable house Chelyshova;
- Alfred von Wakano's mansion;
- Mansion A.N. Naumova;
- Mansion of the engineer I.A. Klodt;
- The mansion of Kurlin merchants.
To learn the history of the city of Samara you can by established monuments and open museums:
- Samara Regional Museum of Local History. P.V. Alabina;
- Stella Rook";
- Monument to Chapaev and his army;
- The monument to V. Kuibyshev;
- Museum of the History of the City of Samara. M.D. Chelyshova;
- Museum of Archeology of the Volga Region;
- Museum of the History of Troops of the Volga Military District.
A separate landmark of Samara is the Zhiguli Brewery , Russia's oldest beer production plant. It is here that the very famous brand of this drink, the Zhigulevskoye, originates. In addition to the production process, this building is known for its interesting architecture.
Also one of the oldest buildings of the city is the Samara Academic Drama Theater named after. M. Gorky , located in the square named after Kuibyshev.
Holy places of Samara
In Samara, there are many churches of different denominations, the most famous of which are:
- Iversky Women's Monastery - founded in 1850. He is famous for the fact that it was here that the Samara banner was embroidered and that it was built on the donations of the townspeople by subscription.
- The Savior-Ascension Cathedral is one of the most popular temples among local residents, built in 1847;
- The Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is one of the most beautiful places in Samara, the sights of this Polish church are the altar fresco by the painting of Salvador Dali and the Austrian organ.
Interesting places in Samara
Samara is known not only for its temples and historical buildings, but also not very ordinary, but very interesting sights:
- museum "Stalin's Bunker" - a secret building built in 1942, is located at a depth of 37 meters under the ground. Now here is an exposition devoted to the Great Patriotic War;
- Center "Samara Space" - only here you can see the legendary rocket carrier "Soyuz" and visit the Space Museum;
- a museum of Samara football - where you can learn the history of the Samara club "Wings of the Soviets", all the exhibits of which were donated by fans or his players;
- a monument to the heating battery - a bronze sculpture depicting a cat located on the battery was installed on the anniversary of the invention of this heater;
- Samara railway station - the highest station in Europe, its height exceeds 100 meters. It is this modern and very comfortable building that welcomes guests who have come to Samara.
Also to the sights of Samara include the local indoor water park "Victoria" , located in the entertainment center "Megacomplex Moskovsky".
Having familiarized in advance with what sights you can see in Samara, you can easily compose a very interesting route of your travel around this city, and then you can go on a whole tour of the most beautiful cities in Russia , including St. Petersburg , Moscow, Arkhangelsk, e.
