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St Andrew’s Church
Rastrelli’s church on the hill
Rastrelli’s baroque church at the top of the Andriivskyi Descent.
Photo Credit
Image courtesy of © Maksym Kozlenko · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- Baroque
- View over Podil
- Address
- Upper Town, Kyiv
- Nearest metro
- Poshtova Ploshcha
500 m · 6 min walk
More distances - Website
- sofiia-kyivska.ua
About St Andrew’s Church
St Andrew’s Church, designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli in the eighteenth century, stands at the top of the Andriivskyi Descent; it is cared for by the National Preserve “Sophia of Kyiv” (sofiia-kyivska.ua).
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with St Andrew’s Church before you go.
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Hotels nearby
The closest hotels in our guide to St Andrew’s Church, as the crow flies.
- InterContinental Kyiv400 m5 min walk
- Fairmont Grand Hotel Kyiv500 m6 min walk
- Hyatt Regency Kyiv650 m8 min walk
What’s nearby
Distances from St Andrew’s Church are approximate, measured in a straight line (as the crow flies). Times are approximate too: walking at about 80 metres a minute, cycling at about 12 km/h and driving at typical city-traffic speeds. Traffic and routes vary.
Nearest metro stations
- Poshtova PloshchaMetro500 m6 min walk
- Kontraktova PloshchaMetro800 m10 min walk
Key sights
- St Michael’s500 mWalk 6 minCycle 2 minCar or taxi 9 min
- St Sophia’s Cathedral750 mWalk 9 minCycle 4 minCar or taxi 10 min
- The Golden Gate1.2 kmWalk 15 minCycle 6 minCar or taxi 12 min
- National Opera1.4 kmWalk 18 minCycle 7 minCar or taxi 12 min
- Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra4.0 kmCycle 20 minCar or taxi 20 min
The station and the squares
- Maidan Nezalezhnosti1.1 kmWalk 13 minCycle 5 minCar or taxi 11 min
- Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi station3.0 kmWalk 37 minCycle 15 minCar or taxi 17 min
Location
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