Zvenigorod
In the middle of this composition you can see the handsome Krasnye Vorota (Red Gates), which were the main entrance into the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery before the tall and thick walls with towers were erected around it. Behind the gates, the very...
I am sorry, that I have not time right now to prepare my own text about this church, but in Internet, I have found recently very interesting article about this monastery and I copied the most important info about this church: From "Savvin Storozhe...
Here is the beautiful, really Russian landscape with river, trees and attractive white church of Transfiguration located on the site of very old royal estate and Vyazemka reber in Bolshie Vyazemy. The estate is remarkable not only for its beautiful a...
Lets me to continue the tour to the beautiful town in Moscow Rigion, Zvenigorod. You have already seen interesting churches on the way to this old, famous town: the church of the Savior in Ubory, the church of Transfiguration in Bolshie Vyazemy, so ...
In the middle of 17th sentury on the grounds of Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery two palaces for the Royal family had been built during reconstraction, the famous craftsmen was invited and a lot of money from treasury were spent. The Tsar Palace was bu...
In the late I4th century prince Yuri Dmitrievich (son of Dmitriy Donskoy) and his ghostly mentor Savva (pupil of St. Sergius) had a monastery erected on mount of the river called Storozh, two miles away from the Zvenigorod city and this famous monast...
On my previous picture I showed you the old Transfiguration church (which located on the background here) and told in my notes that it was not possible for me to take a good shot of the church and bell-tower together. Here you can see this bell tower...
The remarkable estate in Boslhie Vyazemy was acquired by the most powerful boyar in Muscovy (Moscow Region; the principality in those time), Boris Godunov, in the late 16th century. On the place of this splendid royal estate only the beautiful Church...
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