page_title: Kingiseppsky District
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: Kingiseppsky District / Culture
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Екатерининский собор, г. Кингисепп, Ленинградская область This is a photo of a cultural heritage object in Russia, number: 4710094000 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: Kingiseppsky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Ida-Viru County of Estonia in the west, Lomonosovsky District in the northeast, Volosovsky District in the east, and with Slantsevsky District in the south. In the north and northwest it is washed by the waters of the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 2,908 square kilometers. Its administrative center is the town of Kingisepp. Population: 19,830; 20,408; 34,081.
context_section_description: The district contains 67 cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally 219 objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federal monuments include the main attractions of the district such as the Yam Fortress and the Saint Catherine Cathedral (by Antonio Rinaldi) in Kingisepp, the Ivangorod Fortress in the town of Ivangorod, and the estates in Kotly and in Opolye. 
  There are the museum of Izhorians in the village of Vistino and the museum of local history in Kingisepp. The Ivangorod fortress functions as a museum as well.
caption: The Saint Catherine Cathedral, Kingisepp
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