Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street, Nizhny Novgorod is one of the busiest and most popular places in the city. The street has got a great importance of being the home to a large number of important and official buildings in the city. Being concentrated with lots of shopping centers and some historical buildings, Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street, Nizhny Novgorod has become one of the prominent tourist attractions in the city.
Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street in Nizhny Novgorod serves as a connecting road between the Minin and Pozharsky Square with Gorky Square. The street was formerly known as Sverdlov. The street covers a wide area full of street shops where travelers can shop till they drop. The entire street is ideal for strolling around and shopping which is a popular thing to do in Nizhny Novgorod.
There are several historical buildings, which date back to 19th and 20th Century, placed on the Bolshaia Pokrovskaia Street. The buildings feature some of the beautiful architecture of that age and the street is noted for the picturesque architecture lined up. Some of the buildings situated along the street are:
The former building of the city council, known as N1 Building, which serves as Regional Trade Union Center and a department store.
N2 Building housed the Verkhne-Posadskie market stalls and now serves as the municipal public library. The library has a good collection of books by Busts of Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoy .There is an exhibition hall inside along with some restaurants and art salon.
N8 Building houses an art salon and museum where visitors can find some great art works from 19th and 20th Century. Another building displaying fantastic architecture of the previous era is the N26 Building. The building serves as The State Bank since 1913 and features special architectural designs, paintings and remarkable interiors.
Serving as the Central Post Office in the city, N54 Building also lies on the street and has three entrances. One is from Gorky Square, and other two are from Vorobeva Street and Zvezdinka Street respectively. Some other important buildings which can be seen in the street, regarded as ne of the major tourist attractions in Nizhny Novgorod are:
- N4
- N7
- N24
- N32
- N34
- N37
- N39a
- N39b
- N41
- N53
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