Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church

By order of King Frederick William III, the Russian Orthodox Church was built in the Old Russian style, based on designs by the Saint Petersburg court architect Vasily Petrovich Stasov, with Neoclassical additions by Karl Friedrich Schinkel. It was a manifesto with which the king wished to celebrate the close friendship between Prussia and Russia. Construction took place between 1826 and 1829.

The church stands on Chapel Hill near the Alexandrowka colony, which was built specifically for Russian soldiers stationed in Prussian Potsdam. Today, both the settlement and the church are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The church is named after the Russian national saint, Alexander Nevsky.

It is the oldest Russian Orthodox church building in Western Europe.