The most conspicuous architectural feature of the central part of the city is the Cathedral of Virgin's Nativity (1860�1887), designed by Konstantin Thon.
Libraries
Rostov-on-Don's libraries include:
* The Don State Public Library,
* Central Library named after Maxim Gorky,
* Regional Children�s Library named after V.M. Velichkina
* Rostov Regional Special Library for the Blind,
* Scientific Library of the Medical University,
* Central State Children�s Library named after Lenin
* Children�s Library named after A.S. Pushkin
* Children�s Library named after Mayakovsky
* South-Russian Don State Public Library.
Theaters
* Maxim Gorky Academic Drama Theater
* Rostov State Puppet Theater
* Rostov Regional Academic Theater of the Youth
* Rostov Musical Theater
* Philharmonic center
* Kim Nazaretov jazz center
In the Academic Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky works Mikhail Bushnov, who is the national artist of the USSR and an honorary citizen of Rostov-on-Don.
Museums
* Museum of Local Lore,
* Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts
* Museum of Fine Arts on Dmitrovskaya
* Museum of Russian & Armenian Friendship
* Pioneer and Railway Museum and Children's Railway
The small collections of the Art Gallery and the Museum of Arts include some works by Repin, Surikov, Perov, Levitan, Aivazovsky as well as of modern Rostov artists
