St. Nikita's monastery (Никитская Слобода)

Russia / Jaroslavl / Pereslavl-Zalesskiy / Никитская Слобода / Zaprudnaya St., 20
 fortification, monastery, Medieval / Middle Ages, invisible, Russian Orthodox Church
St. Nikita Monastery, the most ancient in the Pereslavl territory, is in the northen part of Pereslavl not far from the Troytskaya Sloboda. Allegedly, it stands on the site of an ancient pagan place of worship. The Monastery is commonly believed to have been founded in the 11th century. None of the old wooden constructions survived.
www.pereslavl-zalessky.com/nikitsky_en.htm
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Coordinates:   56°45'40"N   38°51'32"E
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