Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Saint Petersburg

This Lutheran church on Nevsky Prospekt was long the principal place of worship for Saint Petersburg's large German community, its restrained Romanesque-revival facade framed by twin towers and set behind a garden. Built in the mid-nineteenth century on the site of an earlier church, it ran a renowned school whose graduates included prominent scientists and writers. During the Soviet period the interior was converted into a swimming pool before its later restoration.