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The Belfry of St. Sophia Cathedral is the major bell tower of the city of Novgorod. Dating from mid-15th century, it was built in order to replace an earlier belfry that was destroyed in a flood in 1437. Very little has been preserved of the original appearance of the belfry - over the centuries it was reconstructed and redesigned many times, but through all the changes it remained the main bell tower in Novgorod
Written Dec 18, 2010
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8AM to 8PM daily. This eleventh-century cathedral is the centerpiece of Novgorod's religious buildings. The iconostasis and frescoes inside are especially interesting. On the north-west exterior of the cathedral, see the Magdeburg Doors, a bronze twelfth-century German creation with reliefs of biblical scenes and, allegedly, the doors' sculptors themselves in one of the scenes. Free
Written Dec 18, 2010
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This iron statue is in the park in the center of the Kremlin. It was created in 1862 and is ringed by an interesting panorama of famous individuals in Russian history up to that time. Russian Tsars and Patriarchs appear on one half of the panorama, and cultural figures on the other half.
Written Dec 18, 2010
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Kremlin, (City Center). Novgorod's Kremlin, or Detinets, is free to visitors and includes many of the main places of interest in the city. Admission is free, and two gates (one from the footbridge on the river; the other by Sofiyskaya Square and the Lenin Statue) are open to pedestrians. A beach along the bank of the river can be accessed from a gate inside the Kremlin wall. edit
Written Dec 18, 2010
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The red brick kremlin is one of the strongest castle because after that it was finished in 1511 ,the kremlin was strong enough to keep out the Tatar attacks in 1520 and 1536.
Its situated on the top of the city
Updated Sep 28, 2008
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This airplane of WW II is part of the exhibition inside of the Kremlin-walls. Nizhny Novgorod had been an important place for the production of weapons and untill 1990 the city was even totally off-limits for all foreigners. The city was named "Gorkii" untill then, with rechanging the name back to Nizhny Novgorod in 1990 tourism started again to this interesting location !
Updated Jul 4, 2008
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The church of John the Baptist is quite close to the cruiseport, but unfortunately we did not stop there during our guided bustour through town and so I could just take a photo from a large distance. In front of the church is a monument showing Minin and Prince Pozharsky. Minin was a simple butcher and when the polish army invaded Russia, Kuzma Minin helped to gather an army and togeather with Prince Dimitry Pozharsky he was able to defeat the invaders. In Moscow you will find another such monument in front of Saint Baisil's cathedral on Red Square.
Updated Jul 4, 2008
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The yellow building in my main photograph is the former assembly-hall of the Aristocarts, right in the centre of the city, in the pedestrian zone. I am not sure what is inside of this building today,but in my guidebooks it still uses this name !
Opposite of that building you will see a great sculpture of a noble lady and gentleman and at the other side of the street another sculpture, see my 4th and 5th photograph !
Updated Jul 4, 2008
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Gorodez is an old town, about 30 km from Nizhny Novgorod and already a long time ago the inhabitants started a special kind of business: woodcarvings and other artful decorations of all things that were used for everyday life. Some of the best productions and works of art, made in Gorodez, are shown nowadays in the town-museum, in the centre of the village.
On my photographs you will see:
1)The Samowar-museum in Gorodez
2 & 3) Inside the townmuseum
4 & 5)Some of the beautifully decorated houses of the village
Click on my link below and see more photographs of this interesting village !
Updated Jul 4, 2008
Website: http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1ffe4/99cac/
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The Alexander Nevski cathedral is opposite of the city, at the other bank of the river and unfortunately I just saw from a large distance, when our tourbus passed by on its way to Gorodez.
Alexander Jaroslawitsch Newski was born in 1220 in Pereslawl-Salesski and he died in November 14th, 1263 in the closeby city of Gorodez. He was the governor of Nowgorod, a russian hero, who won an important battle against the german crusaiders in 1242 and that way he also became an important saint of the russian orthodox church : "St.Alexander of the Neva".
Updated Jul 4, 2008
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