The Russian-Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church on the Kapellenberg in the north of Potsdam was built on the orders of the Prussian King Frederick William III. Between 1826 and 1829 for the soldiers of the singer-choir of the Russian colony Alexandrovka, who came from Russia. The Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church is the oldest Russian Orthodox church building in Western Europe [1] following the model of ancient Russian architecture and an example of early Russian historicism. As part of the Alexandrovka colony, the church has been a world cultural heritage since 1999 under the protection of UNESCO.
