Tver Photographers

12 points3 km4 hours

This route lets you dive into the history of photography in Tver and see stereo images of the city as it was a hundred years ago.

Route author

Tver Tourist Information Center

Things to do

📸 Take photos
📜 Learn the city's history

Route points (12)

Stereoscope in Tver

Point on route “Tver Photographers”

Point 10

Stereoscope

🎨 Art installations • 📜 Historic site • 🔭 Viewpoint

Historical Background

The stone Church of the Holy Myrrh-Bearing Women was founded in 1767 on the site of a wooden church. The Myrrh-Bearing Women were followers of Christ who were the first to come to the burial cave where, the day before, the Savior's body had been laid after being taken down from the cross. The women came to anoint the body with special aromatic mixtures, according to the Jewish burial rite. In the stereoscope you can see this lost building. The fourth photograph was taken from the roof of the Church of the Ascension, where Sovetskaya Street crosses Tverskoy Prospekt. At the center of the photo is the Church of the Myrrh-Bearing Women.

Today

The church was demolished in the 1930s, and a multistory apartment building was put up on Tverskoy Prospekt. You can get detailed information about the lost building by scanning the QR code. The photograph for the stereoscope comes from the collection of A. N. Semenov.