page_title: Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast
section_title: Culture and recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast / Culture and recreation
caption_attribution_description: This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 4700000187 This template and pages using it are maintained by the Russian WLM team. Please read the guidelines before making any changes that can affect the monuments database!
context_page_description: Vyborgsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast on the Karelian Isthmus and borders with Priozersky District in the northeast, Vsevolozhsky District in the east, Kurortny District of the federal city of St. Petersburg in the south, Kymenlaakso and South Karelia regions of Finland in the northwest, and Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia in the north. From the southwest, the district is limited by the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 7,475.472 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the town of Vyborg. Population: 120,446; 113,748; 108,571.
context_section_description: The district contains 130 cultural heritage monuments of federal significance (116 of which are in Vyborg) and additionally 146 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance (83 in Vyborg). The federally protected monuments include the Vyborg Castle, the Mon Repos park, one of the best preserved English landscape parks in Russia, the building of the Viipuri Library designed by Alvar Aalto, and many old buildings in the center of Vyborg, including the St. Hyacinth Church. In general, Vyborg has one of the best preserved medieval centers among all towns in Russia.
caption: Finnish villa (1930) in Svetogorsk
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