Zvenigorod Travel Guide

 bugulma Says:  In the center of the town there is Eternal Fire to the citizens of Zvenigorod who took a part in battles of World War II. The eternal fire is surrounded with park where you can sit down on the bench and have a rest a bit. 

 bugulma Says:  In the opposite side of the street, the St. Alexander Nevsky Temple is. It's quite new and it was built in 1902. The rites are available there and when I come in there was a ceremony of christening 

 bugulma Says:  When you come in the town border, you're in the long Ignatyevskaya Street. It takes to the one of the main streets of the town – Moskovskaya Street. In the crossing of the streets there is a foundation cross to the founders of the town. The cross is here since 1998. 

 bugulma Says:  In the middle of the way there is a bridge across Moscow River. There are wonderful views. I’m sure such natural pictures are worth seeing despite of some tiredness in your legs after walking by foot. 

 bugulma Says:  In front of Bratskyie Korpusa there is a wonderful flower garden. It was September when I visited the monastery but many flowers were still blooming, in particular, roses. Maybe it's usual thing but I'd never seen before blooming roses in Russia in quite cold autumn climate 

 bugulma Says:  Bratskyie Corpusa (Monks' Living rooms) has very interesting style. They were built, as many other constructions, in XVII century. It's situated near of the farthest wall of the monastery 

 bugulma Says:  Towers were built in the middle of XVII century. There are 6 towers in the monastery. On the picture you see Zhitnaya Tower, which used as a storehouse for the grain. All towers has the same style and other five towers is very similar to this one. 

 bugulma Says:  The church was built in 1693 and had a clock of Dutch masters. A huge bell was founded in the monastery (34 tones). The monastery peal was well known and the city symbol has a bell. In WWII times it was a try to take the bell away that to keep it. But special construction... 

 bugulma Says:  According with tradition Tsarina had to live in another house. Opposite side of Tsar Chambers, there are Tsarina Chambers. Rozhdestvensky Temple is in the center of the monastery, Tsar chambers is to the right and Tsarina Chambers is to the left. Nowadays museum is in the... 

 bugulma Says:  Most of construction is of the middle of XVII century, when Alexey Mikhailovich, the Russian Tsar, chose the monastery as his country residence. All chambers, towers and fortification walls were built in those times. On the picture you see Tsar Chambers, where Tsar lived and... 

 bugulma Says:  Rozhdestvensky Temple (Temple of Birth of Our Lady) was built in 1405 and it’s the most ancient construction on the monastery territory. It's the central architecture of the complex. Around the temple there are some monks' graves 

 bugulma Says:  Yuri Donskoy, the grand duke of the fields, asked to come to found monastery a monk from the holy place of Orthodox Church, Troize-Sergyieva Lavra in Sergyiev Posad. The monk had a name Savva, and it gave a name to the monastery. The monastery was founded in the end of XV... 

 bugulma Says:  The monastery is situated in 15-20 minutes by walk from Uspensky Cathedral. You may get bus #23 to get it but I preferred to go by walk. There is a narrow path near of highway and I could enjoy forest views 

 bugulma Says:  Gorodok was a fortification in the previous times. It's on the hill, which has 20 meters high. That to get cathedral you should get over stairs first, that is quite long. Gorodok is in 10 minutes by walk from the center of the city, along Frunse Street 

 bugulma Says:  The cathedral is situated on the hill, so named Gorodok (little town), which was the first settlement here. As I understood rightly, nowadays the monks and their families live here. Besides here are Church of Epiphany of the Lord, 2002, and some other church buildings 

 bugulma Says:  The cathedral was built in 1398. It is one of the holy places of the Orthodox Church. Wall paintings and icons are of Andrey Rublev, the famous icon master of XV century. Most of his works are in Tretyakovskaya Gallery in Moscow and in the cathedral there are some his wall...