Vladimir Travel Guide

 aliante1981 Says:  This building, located between the Assumption Cathedral and Dmitry's Cathedral, was built in 1790, as a seat of the government of Vladimir region. Nowadays the Chambers host historical, archeological, and art exhibitions on Vladimir, its history, life, and most famous... 

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 bugulma Says:  If to go from the Golden Gate from the center, passing by the theatre and Troitskaya Church, then to the left you will see the shopping center and in the undeground level there is bowling center. If I remember rightly we paid RUR 600 (EUR 17) per hour. Besides you can eat... 

 bugulma Says:  Another way to get Vladimir from Moscow is to have a bus. I really don't recommend you to use Russian busses :-) I used it for my travel to Vladimir because it departed earlier than train but as a result it went 4 hours and arrived later than the train. In any way, if you... 

 bugulma Says:  Between the main street and Klyaz'ma River there is Nikol'skaya Church. It was built in 1699. Another name of the church is St Nikolay Wonderman Church. It is situated on Spasskaya Street. 

 bugulma Says:  The monastery was founded in 1191 by Vsevolod III near of Uspensky and Dmitrovsky cathedrals and now it is situated on the main city street. Till the middle of XVI century the monastery was the main among all Russian monasteris. The famous Aleksandr Nevsky was buried here... 

 bugulma Says:  Water tower is situated not far from the Golden Gate and it was built in the end of XIx century. In 1912 it was re-built by Zharov architect. In 1970 the tower was reconstructed and now it is museum. 

 bugulma Says:  The main street of the city has name Bol'shaya Moskovskaya. If you walk along the street you can see all main attractions of the city including The Golden Gate, Uspensky and Dmitrovsky Cathedrals and others. In the end of the street you may see the houses built in the second... 

 bugulma Says:  Vladimir is situated on the bank of Klyaz'ma River. There are wonderful views from the special point near of Uspensky Cathedral. You can see the old part of the city, the river, the bridge crossing the river and the cathedral. 

 bugulma Says:  Nikitskaya church was built in 1762. It is situated not far from Golden Gate. The neibourgh of the church is well nown Knyaginin Monastyir' (Princess nunnery). It was a pity, there are trees everywhere around nunnery and my colleague didn't want to come in the territory. 

 bugulma Says:  To the right from Golden Gate (on the picture) there is Kozlov Val. it is a former fortification walls around Vladimir. But in XVIII century walls were broken because they prevented to the traffic of the citizens and visitors as well as new plan of building works. The place... 

 bugulma Says:  Near of Golden Gate there is Troitskaya Church. I'm sure it has the most wonderful architectural style among churches in the city. It was built in 1913-1916. Nowadays there is a cut glass ware museum. 

 bugulma Says:  On the hill in the opposite of the city center there is a beginnig of Studyonnaya Gora Strret and first building is Mikhailo-Archangelskaya Church. It was built in 1891-1893 in modern-style. In the interior the most interesting thing is wooden icon on the wall, just when you... 

 bugulma Says:  From Dmitrievsky Cathedral towards bus station there is Nikolo-Kremlevskaya Church. It was built in 1769 and it is a good example of the regional barocco style, which was popular in russian cities in Ekaterina II the Great Empress epoche. The interesting thing is there is a... 

 bugulma Says:  There are fantastic wall frescos on the cathedral. In the western wall of the cathedral they have native form and in other walls they were reconstructed. Figures show the man, it symbolize Alexander Makedonsky and Duke of Vladimir. Besides you can see the magic animals who...